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Permitted development rights for airport construction

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Published on: 08 September 2017

What is the scope of permitted development rights for the construction of airport facilities?

Class F of Schedule 2 Part 8 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted development) (England) Order 2015, SI 2015/596 (the GPDO) provides permitted development rights for development at an airport in England. Development falling within Class F would therefore not require planning permission.

Class F states that ‘the carrying out on operational land by a relevant airport operator or its agent of development (including the erection or alteration of an operational building) in connection with the provision of services and facilities at a relevant airport’ is permitted.

There are a number of exceptions to this right. Development is not permitted by Class F if it would consist of or include:

  1. •

    the construction or extension of a runway

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    the construction of a passenger terminal the floor space of which would exceed 500 square metres

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    the extension or alteration of a passenger terminal,

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What does Permitted development mean?

Permission to carry out certain development without the need to make an application to the local planning authority for planning permission, as permission is granted by development order (SI 2015/596 in England and SI 1995/418 in Wales). Permitted development rights are subject to strict exceptions, limitations and conditions.

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