# The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988, Paragraph C.1: Development not permitted


Development is not permitted by Class C if—
(a) the area of the site within which the operations would be carried out exceeds 2 hectares;
(b) any part of the operation would be carried out within 25 metres of the metalled portion of a trunk or classified road;
(c) in a case where the operations would involve the winning or workings of minerals—
(i) any excavation would exceed a depth of 2.5 metres; or
(ii) the area of any excavation, taken together with any other excavations carried out on the land within the preceding two years, would exceed 0.2 hectares.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1813/schedule/2/part/6/chapter/3/paragraph/C.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-order-1988/schedule-2/part-6/chapter-3/paragraph-C.1
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