Category Archives: Legislation – GPDO 2015

IMPORTANT: New Legislation – Amendments to Part 1 of the GPDO (06/04/2017) …

[UPDATE: The information on this page has subsequently been incorporated into the "Part 1 of the GPDO – Summary of Amendments since 2013" page].

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 06/04/2017: Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: New Legislation – Amendments to Other Parts of the GPDO (06/04/2017) …

[UPDATE: The information on this page has subsequently been incorporated into the "Other Parts of the GPDO – Summary of Amendments since 2013" page].

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 06/04/2017: Continue reading →

The government publishes the “Fixing our broken housing market – White Paper”, which includes a consultation (until 02/05/2017) on a range of planning proposals …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the response document relating to most aspects of the consultation document.
- This post for the response document relating to local planning (note: the response is shown within section 8 of the "Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2017 No. 1244").
- This post for the response document relating to fees (note: the response is shown within section 8 of the "Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2017 No. 1314").
- This post for the response document relating to the General Regulations 1992.]

The government has published the following White Paper, which includes a consultation that runs for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 until 02/05/2017: Continue reading →

DCLG publishes the “government response to consultation” with respect to rural planning, along with a further consultation (until 02/05/2017) relating to agricultural PD rights …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to the further consultation, please view this post.]

DCLG has published the following government response to the "Rural Planning Review - Call for Evidence" (which ran for 10 weeks from 11/02/2016 until 21/04/2016), along with a further consultation relating to agricultural PD rights (which runs for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 to 02/05/2017): Continue reading →

DCLG publishes the “government response to consultation” with respect to additional storeys in London …

DCLG has published the following government response to the "Consultation on upward extensions in London" (which ran for 8 weeks from 18/02/2016 until 15/04/2016): Continue reading →

DCLG publishes the “government response to consultation” with respect to application fees, small sites register, local plans, testing competition, financial benefits, s106 dispute resolution, PD rights for schools, and statutory consultation …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent legislation relating to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the legislation with respect to PD rights for schools.]

DCLG has published the following government response to the "Technical consultation on implementation of planning changes" (which ran for 8 weeks from 18/02/2016 until 15/04/2016): Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: High Court judgment about whether the excavation of a basement falls within the scope of Part 1 Class A of the GPDO (02/12/2016) …

The following High Court judgment about whether the excavation of a basement falls within the scope of Part 1 Class A of the GPDO was handed down on 02/12/2016: Continue reading →

New Legislation – relating to PD rights for electronic communications code operators (24/11/2016) …

[UPDATE: The information on this page has subsequently been incorporated into the "Other Parts of the GPDO – Summary of Amendments since 2013" page].

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 24/11/2016: Continue reading →

DCLG provides further information about the responses to the 2014 “Technical consultation on planning” …

Summary:

Following a freedom of information (FOI) request by the Planning Jungle website, DCLG has provided the following further information about the responses to the 2014 "Technical consultation on planning": Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: High Court judgment about the phrase “the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse” within Part 1 Class A of the GPDO …

Introduction:

The "Landmark Chambers" website (link) states that the following High Court judgment has found that the phrase "the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse" within Part 1 Class A of the GPDO included only that which was being proposed under Part 1 Class A: Continue reading →

DCLG publishes the “government response to consultation” (for the 2014 consultation) with respect to the GPDO and the Use Classes Order …

[NOTE: For the (previously published) legislation relating to this consultation, please view this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, and this post].

DCLG has published the following government response to the "Technical consultation on planning" (which ran for 8 weeks from 31/07/2014 until 26/09/2014): Continue reading →

New Legislation – Housing and Planning Act 2016 …

The following Act was granted Royal Assent on 12/05/2016: Continue reading →

DCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (April 2016) …

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

NEW DOCUMENT: “GPDO 2015 (Consolidated)” …

This document provides a consolidated version of "The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015" (i.e. the "GPDO 2015"), and is available on the "GPDO 2015 (Consolidated)" page of this website.

Notes:

  • The above document currently incorporates the following 2 Statutory Instruments (SIs):
    - SI 2015 No. 596 (pdf) (link), which came into force on 15/04/2015.
    - SI 2016 No. 332 (pdf) (link), which comes into force on 06/04/2016.
  • This document is only accessible by members of the Planning Jungle website. As such, please do not distribute this document (either with or without alterations) to anyone outside of your organisation.

Further comments by the Planning Jungle website about the amendments to Part 3 Class O due to come into force on 06/04/2016 …

Introduction:

  • [Note: To view this information, please log onto the website as a member].

  • As summarised within this previous post, Part 3 Class O of the GPDO (i.e. office-to-residential conversions) is due to be amended on 06/04/2016 by SI 2016 No. 332 (link). In the section towards the end of the above previous post, the Planning Jungle website made some comments about these amendments.
  • In this current post, the Planning Jungle website now makes some further comments, including the following:
    - 1) Information about appeal decisions that support the interpretation set out by the second point of the previous comments.
    - 2) Information about a Court of Appeal judgment that contradicts the interpretation set out by the third point of the previous comments.

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