# The Town and Country Planning (Telecommunication Networks) (Railway Operational Land) Special Development Order 1982, Article 2


The carrying out, on, in or under any land to which this order applies, of operations for the purposes of:—
(a) the laying of telecommunication cables;
(b) the installation of troughs to house such cables;
(c) the erection or construction of structures to house signal regeneration equipment and the installation of such equipment;
(d) the repair, maintenance, alteration or removal of cables, structures or equipment of the kinds described in paragraphs (a) to (c) above,
is hereby permitted, subject to the following conditions:—
(i) no structure shall be erected, constructed or extended in pursuance of this permission so as to have a height exceeding 3 metres from ground level or (except in the case of a trough to house a telecommunication cable) to cover a ground area exceeding 5 square metres;
(ii) no development shall be carried out in pursuance of this permission after the expiration of the period of 25 years beginning with the date when this order comes into operation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/817/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-telecommunication-networks-railway-operational-land-special-development-order-1982/article-2
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