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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-permitted-development-order-northern-ireland-2015/schedule/part-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/70",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-permitted-development-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/part/3",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "MINOR OPERATIONS",
  "text": "Class A\nPermitted development\nA.\nThe erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure.\nDevelopment not permitted\nA.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class A if—\n(a) the height of any gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure erected or constructed adjacent to a road used or designed to be used by vehicular traffic exceeds 1 metre above ground level;\n(b) the height of any other gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure erected or constructed exceeds 2 metres above ground level;\n(c) the height of any gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure maintained, improved or altered exceeds its former height or the height referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) as the height appropriate to it if erected or constructed, whichever is the greater;\n(d) it involves development within the curtilage of, or to a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure, surrounding a listed building unless listed building consent for the development has previously been granted; or\n(e) it involves development on land determined by the Department for Regional Development as a private street in accordance with Article 3(1) of the Private Streets (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 .\nClass B\nPermitted development\nB.\nThe formation, laying out and construction or alteration of a means of access to a road which is not a special, trunk or classified road, where that access is required in connection with development permitted by any class in this Schedule (other than by Class A of this Part).\nDevelopment not permitted\nB.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class B if it is within an area of special scientific interest, or a site of archaeological interest.\nClass C\nPermitted development\nC.\nThe painting of the exterior of any building or work.\nDevelopment not permitted\nC.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class C—\n(a) where the painting is for the purpose of advertisement, announcement or direction; or\n(b) within the curtilage of a listed building unless listed building consent for the development has previously been granted.\nInterpretation of Class C\nC.2\nIn Class C “painting” includes any application of colour.\nClass D\nPermitted development\nD.\nThe installation, alteration or replacement, within an area lawfully used for off-street parking, of an electrical outlet mounted on a wall for recharging electric vehicles.\nDevelopment not permitted\nD.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class D if the outlet and its casing would—\n(a)exceed 0.2 cubic metres;\n(b)be within 2 metres of a road;\n(c)be within a site of archaeological interest; or\n(d)be within the curtilage of a listed building unless listed building consent for the development has previously been granted.\nConditions\nD.2\nDevelopment is permitted by Class D subject to the conditions that when no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—\n(a)the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and\n(b)the wall on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.\nClass E\nPermitted development\nE.\nThe installation, alteration or replacement, within an area lawfully used for off-street parking, of an upstand with an electrical outlet mounted on it for recharging electric vehicles.\nDevelopment not permitted\nE.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class E if the upstand and the outlet would—\n(a)in relation to an upstand and outlet—\n(i)within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or a block of flats, exceed 1.6 metres in height from the level of the surface used for the parking of vehicles; or\n(ii)in any other case, exceed 2.3 metres in height from the level of the surface used for the parking of vehicles;\n(b)be within 2 metres of a road;\n(c)be within a site of archaeological interest;\n(d)be within the curtilage of a listed building unless listed building consent for the development has previously been granted; or\n(e)result in more than 1 upstand being provided for each parking space.\nConditions\nE.2\nDevelopment is permitted by Class E subject to the conditions that when the development is no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—\n(a)the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and\n(b)the land on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.\nInterpretation of Class E\nE.3\nFor the purposes of Class E “block of flats” means a building which consists of at least two flats.\nClass F\nPermitted development\nF.\nThe replacement of an on-street original upstand with an electrical outlet mounted on it for recharging electric vehicles.\nDevelopment not permitted\nF.1\nDevelopment is not permitted by Class F if the upstand and the outlet would—\n(a)exceed 2.0 metres in height from the level of the surface used for the parking of vehicles;\n(b)be within a site of archaeological interest;\n(c)be within the curtilage of a listed building unless listed building consent for the development has previously been granted; or\n(d)result in more than 1 upstand being provided for each parking space.\nConditions\nF.2\nDevelopment is permitted by Class F subject to the conditions that when the development is no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—\n(a)the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and\n(b)the land on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.\nInterpretation of Class F\nF.3\nFor the purposes of Class F “original upstand” means an upstand with an electrical outlet mounted on it for recharging electric vehicles, lawfully present on 20th December 2020.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. 3 Class D-F inserted (21.12.2020) by The Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/292), arts. 1, 2(3)(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/1086 (N.I.12)"
    }
  ],
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