{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-order-1992/schedule-1/class/9g",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-order-1992/schedule-1/class/9g.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/9g",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9G",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The erection, construction or alteration of any access ramp outside an external door of a non-domestic building.\n(2) Development is not permitted by this class if—\n(a) the combined length of all flights forming part of the access ramp would exceed 5 metres;\n(b) the combined length of all flights and platforms forming part of the access ramp would exceed 9 metres;\n(c) any part of the ramp would exceed 0.4 metres in height;\n(d) the combined height of the ramp and any wall (excluding any external wall of the non-domestic building), fence, balustrade, handrail or other structure attached to it would exceed 1.5 metres; or\n(e) the development would result in a reduction in the space available for the parking or turning of vehicles.\n(3) Development is not permitted by this class in the case of land within—\n(a) a site of archaeological interest;\n(b) a national scenic area;\n(c) a historic garden or designed landscape;\n(d) a historic battlefield;\n(e) a conservation area;\n(f) a National Park; or\n(g) a World Heritage Site.\n(4) Development is permitted by this class subject to the condition that the materials used for the facing of the access ramp must be of similar appearance to those used in the construction of the facing of the existing non-domestic building.\n(5) For the purposes of this class—\n(a) any reference to height is a reference to height when measured from ground level and ground level means the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to the building or structure or, where the level of the ground is not uniform, the level of the lowest part of the surface of the ground adjacent to it;\n(b) “non domestic building” means a building other than a dwelling or a building containing a dwelling;\n“dwelling” means a dwellinghouse, a building containing one or more flats or a flat contained within such a building.\n“World Heritage Site” means land appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pts. 2A-2E inserted (30.6.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/142), arts. 1(1), 2(4), sch. (as amended (29.6.2014) by S.S.I. 2014/184, art. 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/223/schedule/1/class/9g",
    "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."
}