The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988

Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1813

The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 1813

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988

Made

21st October 1988

Laid before Parliament

31st October 1988

Coming into force

5th December 1988

ARTICLE

1.	Citation, commencement and interpretation.
2.	Application.
3.	Permitted development.
4.	Directions restricting permitted development.
5.	Approval of Secretary of State for article 4 directions.
6.	Directions restricting permitted development under Part 22, Class B and Part 23, Class C.
7.	Outline applications.
8.	Application for approval of reserved matters.
9.	Application under section 53 to determine whether planning permission required.
10.	General provisions relating to applications.
11.	Notice under section 26.
12.	Notification of applications to owners and agricultural tenants.
13.	Notification of mineral applications.
14.	Directions by the Secretary of State.
15.	Special provisions as to permission for development affecting certain existing and proposed highways.
16.	Application of bye-laws in relation to the construction of new streets.
17.	Development not in accordance with the development plan.
18.	Consultations before the grant of permission.
19.	Consultation with county planning authority.
20.	Applications relating to county matters.
21.	Notice to parish and community councils.
22.	Notice of reference of applications to the Secretary of State.
23.	Time periods for decision.
24.	Applications made under planning condition.
25.	Written notice of decision or determination relating to a planning application.
26.	Appeals.
27.	Register of applications.
28.	Register of enforcement and stop notices.
29.	Established use certificates.
30.	Directions.
31.	Revocations and savings.


	SCHEDULE 1
	Part 1—	Article 1(5) land.
	Part 2—	Article 1(6) land.

	SCHEDULE 2	PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
	Part 1.	Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.
	2.	Minor operations.
	3.	Changes of use.
	4.	Temporary buildings and uses.
	5.	Caravan sites.
	6.	Agricultural buildings and operations.
	7.	Forestry buildings and operations.
	8.	Industrial and warehouse development.
	9.	Repairs to unadopted streets and private ways.
	10.	Repairs to services.
	11.	Development under local or private Acts or orders.
	12.	Development by local authorities.
	13.	Development by local highway authorities.
	14.	Development by drainage bodies.
	15.	Development by water authorities.
	16.	Development for sewerage and sewage disposal.
	17.	Development by statutory undertakers.
	18.	Aviation development.
	19.	Development ancillary to mining operations.
	20.	British Coal mining development.
	21.	Waste tipping at a mine.
	22.	Mineral exploration.
	23.	Removal of material from mineral-working deposits.
	24.	Development by telecommunications code system operators.
	25.	Other telecommunications development.
	26.	Development of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.
	27.	Use by members of certain recreational organisations.
	28.	Development at amusement parks.

	SCHEDULE 3
	Part 1—	Letter to be sent to applicant on receipt of application.
	Part 2—	Notification to be sent to applicant on refusal of planning permission or on the grant of permission subject to conditions.

	SCHEDULE 4
	Part 1—	Notice under section 26.
	Part 2—	Certificate under section 26(2).

	SCHEDULE 5
	Part 1—	Certificates under section 27 and article 29.
	Part 2—	Notice under section 27 of application.
	Part 3—	Notice under sections 27 and 36 of appeal.
	Part 4—	Certificate under section 27(1)(cc) (underground mining operations).
	Part 5—	Notice under section 27(2A) (underground mining operations).
	Part 6—	Notice under sections 27(2A) and 36 of appeal (underground mining operations).

	SCHEDULE 6
	Part 1—	Notice under article 29 of an application for an established use certificate.
	Part 2—	Notice under article 29 of an appeal against the refusal of an established use certificate.
	Part 3—	Established use certificate.

	SCHEDULE 7	STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS REVOKED

Explanatory Note
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