Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes various minor amendments to the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 (the 1988 Order). It supersedes the Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1988, which is consequently repealed.
This Order introduces into Schedule 1 to the 1988 Order references to the Broads, as defined in section 290 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971. The definition was inserted by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4).
The Order also makes minor changes to the interpretation provisions of the 1988 Order and to the categories of permitted development in Schedule 2 to the 1988 Order, including in particular–
the widening of the circumstances in which minor extensions of residential buildings are permitted (article 2(5));
the extension of permitted development rights for clay pigeon shooting from 14 to 28 days a year, (article 2(6));
changes to the classes relating to agricultural development in Schedule 2, Part 6 to the 1988 Order and mineral tipping (Schedule 2, Part 23 to the 1988 Order) (articles 2(7) and (8)).
Minor changes are also made to the prescribed forms in Schedule 5 to the 1988 Order.