{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-order-1992/schedule-1/class/4a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-order-1992/schedule-1/class/4a.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/223",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-order-1992",
  "path": "schedule/1/class/4a",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any improvement or other alteration to the external appearance of a dwelling situated within a building containing one or more flats.\n(2) Development is not permitted by this class if—\n(a) it would be an enlargement;\n(b) it would protrude more than 1 metre from the outer surface of an external wall, roof plane, roof ridge or chimney;\n(c) the dimensions of an existing window or door opening would be altered;\n(d) it would be a balcony;\n(e) it would be on the roof and would result in a raised platform or terrace;\n(f) it would be a wind turbine;\n(g) it would be within a conservation area or within the curtilage of a listed building; or\n(h) it would be development described in class 6C(1), 6F(1) , 6H(1), 6HA(1), 6HB(1), 6HC(1), 7A(1) , 67(1) or 72(1).\n(3) For the purposes of this class—\n“balcony” means a platform, enclosed by a wall or balustrade, projecting outward from the external wall of a building, with access from an upper floor window or door;\n“enlargement” means any development that increases the internal volume of the original building, and includes a canopy or roof, with or without walls, which is attached to the building but does not include a balcony;\na “window” or “door” includes its frame; and\nthe measurement of a dimension is a reference to the measurement of external dimensions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pts. 1, 1ZA substituted for Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (6.2.2012) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/357), arts. 1(3), 2(4), sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1ZA Class 4A(2)(h) substituted (24.5.2024) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/102), arts. 1, 5(a) (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1ZA Class 4A(2)(h) inserted (31.7.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/189), arts. 1, 6(b) (with art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/223/schedule/1/class/4a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:29:53.174501+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."
}