PUBLIC NOTICE
WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED
DEVELOPMENT) ORDER 2015 (as amended)
CONFIRMATION OF ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION FOR THE SHRUBBERY
AVENUE CONSERVATION AREA, WORCESTER
Notice of the confirmation of Direction under Article 4(1) of the Town
and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
(as amended) (“the Order”) removing permitted development rights.
WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL GIVES YOU NOTICE that the Council has
confirmed a Direction under article 4(1) of the Order.
The Direction was confirmed on 20 December 2018 in respect of all that
land (“the Land”) comprised in the Shrubbery Avenue Conservation Area
and shown by bold black edging on the plan attached to the Direction.
The Direction relates to development of the type specified in the Schedule
to this Notice and removes permitted development rights for these types of
development.
The effect of the Direction is that permission granted by article 3 of the
Order shall not apply to development of the type specified in the Schedule
to this Notice and that such development shall not be carried out on
the Land unless planning permission is granted by the Council on an
application made to them.
A copy of the Direction and of the plan defining the area covered by it can
be viewed on the Council’s website:
https://www.worcester.gov.uk/article4
Alternatively the documents can be viewed at the offices of the Council’s
Development Management Department, Museum and Art Gallery,
Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1DT during normal office hours, or at the
Worcestershire Hub at The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts Worcester WR1 3PB.
SCHEDULE
The following development comprised within Class A of Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(a) The enlargement, improvement or other alteration to the principal
elevation of a dwelling house or a side elevation of a dwelling house
which fronts a public highway or private street or other publically
accessible space.
The following development comprised within Class C of Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(b) Any other alteration to the roof on the principal elevation of a dwelling
house or side elevation of a dwelling house which fronts a public
highway or private street or other publically accessible space
The following development comprised within Class D of Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(c) The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door
on the principal elevation of a dwelling house or side elevation of a
dwelling house which fronts a public highway or private street or other
publically accessible space
The following development comprised within Class F of Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(d) The provision in the curtilage at the front or side of a dwelling house
of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the
dwelling house as such, or the replacement in whole or part of such
a surface, where any part of the hard surface would front a public
highway or private street or other publically accessible space
The following development comprised within Class G of Part 1 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(e) The installation, alteration, replacement or demolition of a chimney,
flue or soil and vent pipe on a dwelling house which would be visible
from a public highway or private street or other accessible space
The following development comprised within Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2
to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(f) The erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of
a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure at the front or side of a
dwelling house or flat where any part of the means of enclosure would
front a public highway or private street or other accessible space
The following development comprised within Class B of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(g) The formation, laying out and construction of a means of access to
a highway which is not a trunk road or a classified road, where that
access is required in connection with development permitted by any
class in this Schedule (other than by Class A of this Part).
The following development comprised within Class C of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(h) The painting of the exterior of the principal elevation of a dwelling
house or flat or a side elevation of a dwelling house or flat which fronts
a public high highway or private street or other publically accessible
space, except where a dwelling or flat was painted as at the date of
this Order.
The following development comprised within Class B of Part 31 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(i) Any building operation consisting of the demolition of a gate, fence,
wall or other means of enclosure at the front or side of a dwelling
house or flat where any part of the means of enclosure would front
a public high highway or private street or other publically accessible
space
The following development comprised within Class A of Part 40 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(j) The installation, alteration, replacement of solar photovoltaics or solar
thermal equipment on the roof of the principal elevation of a dwelling
house or flat which fronts a public high highway or private street or
other publically accessible space
The following development comprised within Class B of Part 40 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(k) The installation, alteration, replacement of stand alone solar at the
front or side of a dwelling house or flat where any part of the stand
alone solar would be visible from a public high highway or private
street or other publically accessible space
The following development comprised within Class F of Part 40 of
Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development of any other Class:
(l) The installation, alteration, replacement of a flue forming part of a
combined heat and power system, on the principal elevation of a
dwelling house or flat or a side elevation of a dwelling house or flat
which fronts a public highway or private street or other publically
accessible space