The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2026
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4 Amendment of Class D of Part 2 of Schedule 2
(1) Class D of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (electrical outlet for recharging vehicles) is amended as follows. (2) For paragraph D, substitute— Permitted development D. The installation, alteration or replacement of an electrical outlet mounted on a wall for recharging electric vehicles— (a) within an area lawfully used for off-street parking; or (b) within any other area within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or block of flats. . (3) In paragraph D.1 (development not permitted)— (a) the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1); (b) after paragraph (a), insert— (aa) be installed more than 1.6 metres above ground level; ; (c) after sub-paragraph (1), insert— (2) Development is not permitted by paragraph (b) of Class D— (a) if it would result in more than 1 outlet being installed within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or block of flats; or (b) within a conservation area. (3) If the electrical outlet would be mounted on a wall of a dwellinghouse or block of flats that immediately adjoins a highway, development is not permitted by Class D if— (a) the electrical outlet would protrude by more than 0.2 metres from the external wall of the dwellinghouse or block of flats; or (b) there would be less than 1.5 metres’ width of footway between the outermost projection of the electrical outlet and the edge of the carriageway. . (4) In paragraph D.2 (conditions)— (a) the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1); (b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert— (2) Development is permitted by Class D subject to the condition that, where there is a footway between the electrical outlet and the vehicle to be recharged, when the outlet is in use the charging cable must cross the footway by means of an authorised cross-pavement solution. . (5) After paragraph D.2, insert— Interpretation of Class D D3. For the purposes of Class D— “authorised”, in relation to a cross-pavement solution, means installed by, or on behalf of, or with the authorisation of, the relevant highway authority; “block of flats” means a building which consists of at least two flats; “carriageway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980; “cross-pavement solution” means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle; “electrical outlet” means a dedicated charging point for the recharging of electric vehicles not including by means of a standard domestic plug and socket, and including any casing of that electrical outlet; “footway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980. .
4 Amendment of Class D of Part 2 of Schedule 2
(1) Class D of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (electrical outlet for recharging vehicles) is amended as follows. (2) For paragraph D, substitute— Permitted development D. The installation, alteration or replacement of an electrical outlet mounted on a wall for recharging electric vehicles— (a) within an area lawfully used for off-street parking; or (b) within any other area within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or block of flats. . (3) In paragraph D.1 (development not permitted)— (a) the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1); (b) after paragraph (a), insert— (aa) be installed more than 1.6 metres above ground level; ; (c) after sub-paragraph (1), insert— (2) Development is not permitted by paragraph (b) of Class D— (a) if it would result in more than 1 outlet being installed within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or block of flats; or (b) within a conservation area. (3) If the electrical outlet would be mounted on a wall of a dwellinghouse or block of flats that immediately adjoins a highway, development is not permitted by Class D if— (a) the electrical outlet would protrude by more than 0.2 metres from the external wall of the dwellinghouse or block of flats; or (b) there would be less than 1.5 metres’ width of footway between the outermost projection of the electrical outlet and the edge of the carriageway. . (4) In paragraph D.2 (conditions)— (a) the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1); (b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert— (2) Development is permitted by Class D subject to the condition that, where there is a footway between the electrical outlet and the vehicle to be recharged, when the outlet is in use the charging cable must cross the footway by means of an authorised cross-pavement solution. . (5) After paragraph D.2, insert— Interpretation of Class D D3. For the purposes of Class D— “authorised”, in relation to a cross-pavement solution, means installed by, or on behalf of, or with the authorisation of, the relevant highway authority; “block of flats” means a building which consists of at least two flats; “carriageway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980; “cross-pavement solution” means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle; “electrical outlet” means a dedicated charging point for the recharging of electric vehicles not including by means of a standard domestic plug and socket, and including any casing of that electrical outlet; “footway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980. .
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