{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-M.2B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-M.2B.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.2B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "M.2B",
  "heading": "Procedure for prior consultation under Class M",
  "text": "(1) Where a developer is required to carry out prior consultation under paragraph M.2(i)(iii), the developer must consult the Environment Agency as to the flood risks of the proposed development.\n(2) The developer must notify the Environment Agency specifying the date by which the Environment Agency must respond (being 21 days from the date the notice is received or such other period as may be agreed with the Environment Agency) (“the closing date”).\n(3) The development must not begin—\n(a) before the occurrence of one of the following—\n(i) the receipt by the developer of responses to the consultation required by this paragraph, or\n(ii) the day after the closing date;\n(b) in any event, before the developer takes into account any representations received on or before the closing date as a result of consultation under this paragraph.\n(4) Where the developer receives representations on or before the closing date, as a result of consultation under this paragraph, the developer must as soon as reasonably practicable send to the local planning authority—\n(a) a copy of the representations, and\n(b) a statement explaining how the developer has taken the representations into account.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.2B inserted (21.12.2023) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1279), arts. 1(1), 3(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/paragraph/M.2B",
    "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."
}