{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-M.2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-M.2A.json",
  "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": "schedule/2/paragraph/M.2A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "M.2A",
  "heading": "Procedure for applications for prior approval under Class M",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions apply where a developer is required under paragraph M.2(f) to make an application to a local authority for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required.\n(2) The application must be accompanied by—\n(a) a written description of the proposed development;\n(b) a plan indicating the site and showing the proposed development;\n(c) drawings prepared to an identified scale and showing—\n(i) in the case of a building to be erected, the proposed external dimensions and elevations of that building; and\n(ii) in the case of a building to be extended or altered, the external dimensions and elevations of that building both before and after the proposed extension or alteration;\n(d) a written statement in respect of the heritage and archaeological considerations of the development;\n(e) the developer’s contact address;\n(f) the developer’s email address if the developer is content to receive communications electronically; and\n(g) any fee required to be paid.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) and (7) to (14) of paragraph W of Part 3 apply to an application under this paragraph as they apply to an application under Part 3 as if—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—\n(i) the words from “except for” to “paragraph Q.2(1)(g)” were omitted;\n(ii) for “this Part” there were substituted “Class M”;\n(b) sub-paragraph (10)(c) were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.2A inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(6) (with art. 15(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/paragraph/M.2A",
    "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."
}