The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

Class D

D.    Permitted development

The deposit of waste material resulting from an industrial process on any land comprised in a site which was used for that purpose on 1st July 1948 whether or not the superficial area or the height of the deposit is extended as a result.

D.1    Development not permitted

Development is not permitted by Class D if—

(a)the waste material is or includes material resulting from the winning and working of minerals, or

(b)the use on 1st July 1948 was for the deposit of material resulting from the winning and working of minerals.

E.    Interpretation of Part 8

For the purposes of Part 8, in Classes A and C—

“industrial building” means a building used for the carrying out of an industrial process and includes a building used for the carrying out of such a process on land used as a dock, harbour or quay for the purposes of an industrial undertaking but does not include a building on land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine; and

“warehouse” means a building used for any purpose within Class B8 (storage or distribution) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order but does not include a building on land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine.