Explanatory note

This Order, which is a special development order made under section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, grants planning permission for the carrying out of development for the purpose of installing and maintaining telecommunication networks (i.e. the laying of telecommunication cables, the installation of troughs to house such cables, the installation of signal regeneration equipment (including the erection or construction of structures to house such equipment) and works of repair and maintenance, alteration or removal of such cables, structures or equipment) on land which is operational land of the British Railways Board. The permission applies only to development carried out within the period of 25 years from the date when the order comes into operation, and it is granted subject to a condition which limits the height of any structure to 3 metres and the ground area of any structure (other than troughs to house cables) to 5 square metres.

The permission granted by this order for development of operational land of the British Railways Board is additional to the permission granted by article 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977 and Class XVIII.A of Schedule 1 to that Order. The permission granted by the General Development Order is for the carrying out by railway undertakers of certain development required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail, whereas the development described in this order may be carried out by persons other than the British Railways Board and for purposes unconnected with the movement of traffic by rail.