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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-order-2015/schedule-2/part-18/crossheading-class-a-development-under-local-or-private-acts-or-order/paragraph-A.3",
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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/18/crossheading/class-a-development-under-local-or-private-acts-or-order/paragraph/A.3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "A.3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Class A",
  "text": "For the purposes of Class A, “appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in Greater London or a metropolitan county, the local planning authority;\n(b) in a National Park, outside a metropolitan county, the county planning authority; and\n(c) in any other case, the district planning authority .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 1(1) of the Act; which was amended by section 31 of the Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24). There are other amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/18/crossheading/class-a-development-under-local-or-private-acts-or-order/paragraph/A.3",
    "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."
}