# The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Paragraph F.1: Development not permitted


Development is not permitted by Class F if—
(a) the external appearance of the mine would be materially affected;
(b) any building, plant or machinery, structure or erection or any deposit of minerals or waste—
(i) would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level, or
(ii) where a building, plant or machinery would be rearranged, replaced or repaired, the resulting development would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level or the height of what was rearranged, replaced or repaired, whichever is the greater;
(c) any building erected (other than a replacement building) would have a floor space exceeding 1,000 square metres;
(d) the cubic content of any replaced, extended or altered building would exceed by more than 25% the cubic content of the building replaced, extended or altered or the floor space would exceed by more than 1,000 square metres, the floor space of that building;
(e) it would be for the purpose of creating a new surface access to underground workings or of improving an existing access (which is not an active access) to underground workings; or
(f) it would be carried out on land to which the description in paragraph N.2(2)(b) of this Part applies, and a plan of that land had not been deposited with the mineral planning authority before 5th June 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/17/crossheading/class-f-coalmining-development-on-an-authorised-site/paragraph/F.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/part-17/crossheading-class-f-coalmining-development-on-an-authorised-site/paragraph-F.1
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