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Paragraph A.1 Development not permitted

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Development is not permitted by Class A if—

(a)

it consists of the drilling of boreholes for petroleum exploration;

(b)

any operation would be carried out within 50 metres of any part of an occupied residential building or a building occupied as a hospital or school;

(c)

any operation would be carried out within a National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty or a site of archaeological or special scientific interest;

(d)

any explosive charge of more than 1 kilogram would be used;

(e)

any excavation referred to in paragraph A(c) would exceed 10 metres in depth or 12 square metres in surface area;

(f)

in the case described in paragraph A(c) more than 10 excavations would, as a result, be made within any area of 1 hectare within the land during any period of 24 months; or

(g)

any structure assembled or provided would exceed 12 metres in height, or, where the structure would be within 3 kilometres of the perimeter of an aerodrome, 3 metres in height.