{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-Q3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-Q3.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/Q3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Q3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Class Q",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Class Q, “curtilage” means the lesser of—\n(a) the piece of land, whether enclosed or unenclosed, immediately beside or around the building on an established agricultural unit or former agricultural building (as the case may be), closely associated with and serving the purposes of that building, and\n(b) an area of land immediately beside or around the building on an established agricultural unit or former agricultural building (as the case may be) no larger than the land area occupied by that building.\n(2) For the purposes of Class Q.1(d), “the original limits of an established agricultural unit” means—\n(a) in the case of an established agricultural unit which ceased to exist prior to 24th July 2023, all the land which comprised the established agricultural unit at the time it came into existence;\n(b) in the case of an established agricultural unit which exists on 24th July 2023, all the land which comprised the established agricultural unit at the time it came into existence;\n(c) in any other case, all the land which comprises the established agricultural unit at the time it comes into existence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class Q substituted (21.5.2024) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/579), arts. 1(b), 3 (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/paragraph/Q3",
    "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."
}