Commercial Planning

Permitted Development Planning Questions

General Permitted Development Order (2015)

Minor operations

Class A – Gates, fences, walls, etc.

    1. How old is the building?

    2. If a school, would the height of the gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure adjacent to a road be higher than 2m?
    YesNo

    3. For any other case, would the height of the gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure adjacent to a road be higher than 1m?
    YesNo

    4. For any case not adjacent to a road, would the height of the gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure be higher than 2m?
    YesNo

    5. Is the building listed?
    YesNo

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    Advice: Planning Permission is required
    Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

    Class B – Means of access to a road

      1. How old is the building?

      2. Is the road to which the access would be created a classified (class A, B or C) road?
      YesNo

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      Advice: Planning Permission is required
      Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

      Class C – Exterior painting

        1. Is the painting for the purpose of advertisement, announcement or direction?
        YesNo

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        Advice: Planning Permission is required
        Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

        Class D – Electrical outlet for recharging vehicles (applies to areas lawfully used for off- street parking)

          1. Would the outlet and its casing exceed 0.2 cubic metres?
          YesNo

          2. Would the outlet face onto and be within 2m of a road?
          YesNo

          3. Would the outlet be within the garden of a listed building?
          YesNo

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          Advice: Planning Permission is required
          Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

          Class E – Electrical upstand for recharging vehicles (applies to areas lawfully used for off- street parking)

            1. Would the outlet be higher than 1.6m above the parking area?
            YesNo

            2. Would the outlet be within 2m of a road?
            YesNo

            3. Would the outlet be within the garden of a listed building?
            YesNo

            4. Would there be more than one upstand for each vehicle?
            YesNo

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            Advice: Planning Permission is required
            Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

            Class F – Closed circuit television cameras

              1. Is the building a listed building?
              YesNo

              2. Would the dimensions of the camera exceed 0.75m by 0.25m by 0.25m?
              YesNo

              3. Would any part of the camera be less than 2.5 above ground level?
              YesNo

              4. Would any part of the camera protrude from the surface of the building by more than one metre?
              YesNo

              5. Would the camera being within 10m of another camera on the building?
              YesNo

              6. Would the camera result in there being more than 4 cameras on the same side of the building?
              YesNo

              7. Would the camera result in there being more than 16 cameras on the building?
              YesNo

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              Advice: Planning Permission is required
              Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

              Changes of Use

              Please contact us with regard to any changes of use to any building or land that you are proposing as the regulations are complex.

              Non – Domestic Extensions, Alterations etc.

              Class A – the extension or alteration of a shop of financial or professional services establishment.

                1. If the site is in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the building be exceeded by 25% or 50 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                YesNo

                2. If the site is not in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the building be exceeded by 50% or 100 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                YesNo

                3. Would the building as extended be higher than 4m?
                YesNo

                4. Is the site a listed building?
                YesNo

                5. Would the development consist of or include the construction or provision of a verandah, balcony or raised platform?
                YesNo

                6. Would the development extend beyond an existing shop front?
                YesNo

                7. Would the development involve the insertion of a new shop front or the alteration or replacement of an existing shop front?
                YesNo

                8. Would the development involve the installation or replacement of a security grill or shutter on a shop front?
                YesNo

                9. Would the development be above ground floor level?
                YesNo

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                Advice: Planning Permission is required
                Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

                Class F – extensions etc to office buildings

                  1. How old is the building?

                  2. If the building is in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the building be exceeded by 25% or 50 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                  YesNo

                  3. If the site is not in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the building be exceeded by 50% or 100 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                  YesNo

                  4. If the building is within 10m of the boundary of the site, would the extended building be higher than 5m?
                  YesNo

                  5. In all other cases, would the extension exceed the height of the existing building?
                  YesNo

                  6. Is the site in a conservation area?
                  YesNo

                  7. Is the site a listed building?
                  YesNo

                  8. Would the extension be above ground floor level?
                  YesNo

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                  Advice: Planning Permission is required
                  Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

                  Class H – the erection, extension of alteration of an industrial building or a warehouse

                    1. How old is the building?

                    2. If the site is in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the new building erected be more 100 square metres?
                    YesNo

                    3. If the site is not in a conservation area, would the gross floorspace of the new building erected be more than 200 square metres?
                    YesNo

                    4. If the site is in a conservation area, would the extension be more than 10% of the gross floorspace of the original building or 500 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                    YesNo

                    5. If the site is not in a conservation area, would the extension be more than 50% of the gross floorspace of the original building (whichever if the lesser)?
                    YesNo

                    6. If the building is within 10m of the boundary of the site, would the extended building be higher than 5m?
                    YesNo

                    7. In all other cases, would the extended building exceed the height of the highest building on the site or 15m (whichever is lower)?
                    YesNo

                    8. Is the building to be extended within 5m of the boundary of the site?
                    YesNo

                    9. Would the development lead to reduction in the space available for the parking and turning of vehicles?
                    YesNo

                    10. Does the site contain a listed building?
                    YesNo

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                    Advice: Planning Permission is required
                    Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

                    Class M – extensions etc for schools, colleges, universities and hospitals

                      1. As a result of the proposed extension or alteration, would the cumulative gross floorspace of the original school, college, university or hospital buildings by increased by a minimum of 25% or 100 square metres (whichever is the lesser)?
                      YesNo

                      2. Would any part of the development be within 5m of the boundary of the site?
                      YesNo

                      3. As a result of the development, would any land that in the last 5 years was used as a playing field could no longer be so used?
                      YesNo

                      4. Would the new building erected be higher than 5m?
                      YesNo

                      5. Would the building extended or altered be higher than 5m, if it is within 10m of the boundary of the property?
                      YesNo

                      6. In all other cases, would the height of the building extended or altered be increased?
                      YesNo

                      7. Does the site contain a listed building?
                      YesNo

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                      Advice: Planning Permission is required
                      Advice: We suggest you obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness

                      Further advice

                      We strongly advise that in the event that an extension you are proposing does fall within one of the above classes of development and does not require planning permission that you apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposal. This is a legal determination as to the need for planning permission for a proposed extension.

                      Please contact us for further information. We would be pleased to explain.

                      The interaction between the classes can be complex. If you are considering an extension to your building which would involve more than one of the above classes of development or more than one element of one of the classes, and planning permission would be required for only part of the overall proposal, please contact us.

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