(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (“the 1995 Order”). The 1995 Order confers permitted development rights in respect of certain development. Where such rights apply, no specific application for planning permission is needed.
Article 2 and the Schedule substitute a new Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order. Part 1 of Schedule 2 confers permitted development rights in relation to development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse. The new Part 1 of Schedule 2 makes changes to the permitted development rights in relation to the enlargement, improvement or alteration of a dwellinghouse (Class A); the enlargement of a dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof (Class B); any other alteration to the roof of a dwellinghouse (Class C); the provision within the curtilage of any building, enclosure, pool or container (Class E); and the provision within the curtilage of a hard surface (Class F). The previous Class G (erection or provision within the curtilage of a container) is subsumed within the new Class E. A new Class G confers permitted development rights in relation to the installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney. Class H (installation, alteration or replacement of a microwave antenna) is amended to provide for when an antenna is treated as visible from a highway.
Class D (erection or construction of a porch) is unchanged.
An impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. Copies are available from the Welsh Government at Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and on the Welsh Government’s website at www.wales.gov.uk.