# The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2026, Article 7: Insertion of Class F in Part 9 of Schedule 2 (cross-pavement solutions)


In Part 9 of Schedule 2, after Class E (repairs to unadopted streets and private ways) insert—
“Class F - cross-pavement solutions : domestic premises
Permitted development
F. The installation, alteration or replacement of a cross-pavement solution by, on behalf of, or with the authorisation of, a highway authority.
Development not permitted
F1. Development is not permitted by Class F if the cross-pavement solution would—
(a) be within a site designated as a scheduled monument;
(b) be within the curtilage of a listed building; or
(c) be within a conservation area.
Conditions
F2. Development is permitted by Class F subject to the conditions that when no longer needed as a cross-pavement solution—
(a) the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and
(b) the pavement within which the cross-pavement solution was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.
Interpretation of Class F
F3. For the purposes of Class F—
“cross-pavement solution” means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle;
“footway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1056/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-amendment-no-2-order-2026/article-7
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