Jurisdiction: England
Commencement: 29th May 2025
Amends: The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2025
Mini Summary
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 revokes and consolidates the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 and all 22 subsequent amendments in relation to England only. This list of revoked statutory instruments can be found in Schedule 4.
The Order makes a number of changes to permitted development rights in England from the 1995 Order. It grants planning permission for a range of predominantly minor developments, subject to certain limitations and conditions. This permission is commonly known as ‘permitted development rights’. No application needs to be made to the local planning authority to obtain planning permission.
The procedure where a local planning authority may remove specified national permitted development rights in part of its area is set out in Article 4 and Schedule 3.
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 still stands for Wales.
Duties
Various duties apply and are available to view on the Legislation Update Service.
Amendment
Changes are made to the circumstances under which developments are permitted for:
- electrical outlets for recharging vehicles;
- electrical upstands for recharging vehicles; and
- the installation or alteration etc. of air source heat pumps on domestic premises.
From 28th May 2026, only Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) standards and not equivalent standards will be recognised for permitting developments involving the installation or alteration of air source heat pumps on domestic premises. References to current MCS standards are updated.