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Explanatory note

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This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the GPDO”). The GPDO grants planning permission for certain classes of development without the requirement for a planning application to be made under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The classes of permission, together with their accompanying conditions, limitations and restrictions, are set out in Schedule 2 to the GPDO.

A new Class CA (installation etc of a reverse vending machine) is inserted into Part 7 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO to permit the installation, alteration or replacement of reverse vending machines within the curtilage or walls of a shop, subject to the stated limitations and condition (see article 6). The new Class CA is excluded from the scope of article 4 of the GPDO (meaning that neither a local planning authority nor the Secretary of State will be able to direct that Class CA is not to apply in relation to a specified area) (see article 4).

Class M of Part 7 of Schedule 2 (which permits new buildings, extensions and alterations for schools, colleges, universities, prisons and hospitals) is amended to clarify that it does not permit development where the height of any rooftop structure would exceed 1.5 metres above the height of the relevant new building or extended or altered building (see article 7).

References in the GPDO to the National Planning Policy Framework published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are updated so that they refer to the most recent version of that publication (see articles 3 and 8).

This Order also corrects two incorrect cross-references: one in Class S of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO, and one in article 22(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (see articles 5 and 9).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen. An explanatory memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.