Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order substitutes a new Class G in Part 17 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988.
Class G describes development which may be carried out by electricity undertakers without specific planning permission and sets out the conditions which apply to such development.
There are two changes.
An undertaker will in future be permitted to install or replace an electric line without applying for planning permission when consent is not required under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to that installation. (The particular provisions which are relevant are paragraph G(a), G1(a) (exceptions) and G2(a) and (b) (conditions)).
An undertaker will be permitted to install (or replace) a telecommunications line between an electric line and an electrical plant or building. (The particular provisions which are relevant are paragraphs G(b) and G1(b)).
Other provisions of Class G (which has previously been amended) are reproduced in a consolidated form.