The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, SI 2015/596 (GPDO 2015) and the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, SI 2015/595 (DMPO 2015) came into force in April.
These orders revise and consolidate the existing law on permitted development rights (deemed planning permission for certain types of development and material changes of use) and the procedures to be followed by local planning authorities (LPAs) when dealing with planning applications in England. (Both Orders apply to England only.)
The main changes brought in by the GPDO 2015 include:
- the extension of the relaxation of planning requirements in respect of larger home extensions (‘development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse’) until 30 May 2019;
- permitted development rights for extensions to nondomestic premises have been made permanent;
- the introduction of a number of new permitted development rights for changes of use;
- the introduction of new permitted development rights for works to non-domestic premises relating to: the provision of collection facilities within the curtilage of a shop, modifying shop loading bays and the extension or alteration of a building and the installation of replacement plant or machinery on land used for a waste management facility; and
- the introduction of a new permitted development right for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of non-domestic buildings.
The DMPO 2015 makes changes to the procedures relating to the way in which LPAs deal with planning permissions.
Chris Kerr
Clyde & Co