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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/part-13/crossheading-class-d-development-by-the-environment-agency/paragraph-D",
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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": "schedule/2/part/13/crossheading/class-d-development-by-the-environment-agency/paragraph/D",
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  "number": "D",
  "heading": "Permitted development",
  "text": "Development by the Environment Agency for the purposes of its functions, consisting of—\n(a) development not above ground level required in connection with conserving, redistributing or augmenting water resources;\n(b) development in, on or under any watercourse or land drainage works and required in connection with the improvement, maintenance or repair of that watercourse or those works;\n(c) the provision of a building, plant, machinery or apparatus in, on, over or under land for the purpose of survey or investigation;\n(d) the maintenance, improvement or repair of works for measuring the flow in any watercourse or channel;\n(e) any works authorised by or required in connection with an order made under section 73 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (power to make ordinary and emergency drought orders);\n(f) any other development in, on, over or under their operational land, other than the provision of a building but including the extension or alteration of a building.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1991 c. 57; which was amended by Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 and S.I. 2013/755."
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}