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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/596",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Town And Country Planning, England\nMade 18th March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 2015\nComing into force 15th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59, 60, 61, 74 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and section 54 of the Coal Industry Act 1994 , makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8. Section 59 was amended by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27); section 60 was amended by section 4(1) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013; section 74 was amended by section 121 of, and Schedule 12 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), sections 19(1) and 32 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) and section 344 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1994 c. 21, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order modified (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), ss. 22(2), 70(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order modified (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), ss. 19(2), 64(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (21.9.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (Napier Barracks) Special Development Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/962), arts. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (11.4.2024) by The Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Airfield Wethersfield) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/411), arts. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (11.4.2024) by The Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Scampton) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/412), arts. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Town and Country Planning (Northwood Headquarters) Special Development Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/37), arts. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Order applied (12.1.2026) by The Town and Country Planning (Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford) Special Development (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1322), arts. 1(2), 3(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:36:20.788841+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}