Порядок осуществления разрешенного строительства в Англии (GPDO 2015)

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development without the requirement for approval from the local planning authority (such development is then referred to as permitted development). Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 specifies the classes of development for which planning permission is granted, and specifies the exceptions, limitations, and conditions that apply to some of these classes. The GPDO 2015 was made by the Secretary of State under authority granted by sections 59, 60, and 333 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and section 54 of the Coal Industry Act 1994. The Order revokes and replaces the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

Article 1 sets out that the GPDO 2015 applies to all land in England, with exceptions where the land is the subject of a special development order. Article 2 defines various terms within the GPDO 2015. Article 3 sets out that the GPDO 2015 grants planning permission for the classes of development in Schedule 2 (referred to as "permitted development"), subject to any relevant exception, limitation or condition specified in Schedule 2. Article 3 also sets out a number of exceptions, including that the GPDO 2015 does not permit development contrary to any condition imposed by any planning permission, and that the GPDO 2015 does not grant permission where the existing building or use is unlawful. Article 4 sets out that the Secretary of State or the local planning authority may make a direction (referred to as an Article 4 direction) restricting certain permitted development rights. Schedule 3 sets out the procedure for introducing Article 4 directions. Schedule 1 Part 1 defines "article 2(3) land", which includes land which is a national park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a conservation area, The Broads, or a World Heritage Site. Schedule 1 Part 3, which was deleted with effect from 31 May 2019, defined "article 2(5) land", which consisted of designated areas within a total of 17 different local authorities. Schedule 2 specifies the classes of development to which article 3 refers (i. e. for which planning permission is granted). These classes are contained within 21 "Parts" (i. e. Parts 1 to 20, including Part 12A).

The phrase "permitted development" is often used to refer to Schedule 2 Part 1, which relates to "Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse".

Some changes of use are subject to a prior approval procedure with the local planning authority (LPA). This seeks approval of various matters, dependent on the nature of the use, but might typically include matters relating to transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, and flooding risks. For example, in the case of a change of use to A3 (restaurant and cafes) under Part 3 Class C, the developer needs to apply to the LPA with respect to transport and highways impacts, noise impacts, odour impacts, the impacts of storage and handling of waste, the impacts of the hours of opening, the impacts on adequate provision of services and (if applicable) the sustainability of a key shopping area, and (in the case of building or other operations) siting, design or external appearance. Permitted development rights currently exist for the change of use of premises from B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwellinghouses). This is subject to prior approval with respect to transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flooding risks, and the impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development. For development that's assessed against the pre 06/04/2016 version of this class, the use of the building within C3 must begin on or before 30 May 2016, (see Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O) whereas for development that's assessed against the 06/04/2016 version of this Class the development must be completed within 3 years starting with the prior approval date. (see article 7) Some local authorities have removed permitted development rights from areas within their boroughs via an article 4 directions.

With respect to Wales, householder permitted development is set out by Schedule 2 Part 1 of the GPDO 1995, as amended on 30 September 2013 by Statutory Instrument 2013 No. 1776. In July 2013, the Welsh Government published a document titled "Technical Guidance: Permitted development for householders", which provides advice about how to interpret Part 1. This document was subsequently updated in April 2014. For the above legislation, a public consultation was undertaken from 23 November 2010 to 15 February 2011.

With respect to England, Schedule 2 Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 16 were amended on 30 May 2013 by SI 2013 No. 1101, Part 16 was amended on 21 August 2013 by SI 2013 No. 1868, Part 11 was amended on 1 October 2013 by SI 2013 No. 2147 and by SI 2013 No. 2435, Parts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 were amended on 6 April 2014 by SI 2014 No. 564, Parts 3, 4, and 11 were amended on 6 April 2015 by SI 2015 No. 659, all Parts were amended on 15 April 2015 by SI 2015 No. 596, Parts 1, 3, 4, and 17 were amended on 6 April 2016 by SI 2016 No. 332, Part 16 was amended on 24 November 2016 by SI 2016 No. 1040, Parts 1, 4, 7, 14, and 15 were amended on 6 April 2017 by SI 2017 No. 391, Parts 3, 4, and 11 were amended on 23 May 2017 by SI 2017 No. 619, Parts 3, 6, 9, and 16 were amended on 6 April 2018 by SI 2018 No. 343, Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 16 were amended on 25 May 2019 by SI 2019 No. 907, Part 4 was amended on 24 March 2020 by SI 2020 No. 330, Part 12A was introduced on 9 April 2020 by SI 2020 No. 412, and Parts 3, 4, 12 were amended and Part 20 was introduced on 25 June 2020 and 1 August 2020 by SI 2020 No. 632. For the above changes, public consultations were undertaken from 8 April 2011 to 30 June 2011, from 3 July 2012 to 11 September 2012, from 12 November 2012 to 24 December 2012, from 3 May 2013 to 14 June 2013, from 6 August 2013 to 15 October 2013, from 31 July 2014 to 26 September 2014, from 13 August 2015 to 24 September 2015, and from 18 February 2016 to 15 April 2016, and from 29 October 2018 to 14 January 2019. On 25 May 2019 Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP announced that temporary changes to Permitted Development Rights, in place since 2012 and due to expire on 30 May 2019, would become permanent. In effect the new legislation means home owners can build up to 8 metres projection from the rear wall if building on a detached property (rather than the previous 4 metres) and 6 metres if attached (rather than the previous 3 metres) as Permitted Development. The height restrictions remain at 3 metres height to eaves and 4 metres overall height.

In August 2021, the Government introduced a powerful new Permitted Development Right which allows the change of use of commercial properties within Use Class E to residential uses, without the need for full planning permission, subject to complying with some limitations and criteria. The intention of this Permitted Development Right is twofold; to provide some much needed housing on brownfield sites: and to revive England's high streets by bringing vacant units back into use. The changes have been met with some resistance by Councils and academics, with some concerned that the quality of housing produced is short of standards which would otherwise be allowed. In March 2024, the Government made changes to further encourage uptake of Class MA Permitted Development Rights. Since the 5th March 2024, buildings no longer need to have been vacant (whereas before they needed to have been vacant for at least 3 months), and there is no limit on the size of properties that can be converted (whereas before the space to be converted needed to be 1,500 sq meters or less).

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, restaurants, cafes and pubs are allowed to provide takeaway food without specific planning permission.