Permitted development right

Agricultural Buildings, Works and Uses

Field	Value
CURIE	permitted-development-right:VI1-1977
Prefix	permitted-development-right	Facts
Reference	VI1-1977	Facts
Name	Agricultural Buildings, Works and Uses	Facts
Quality	Some: We have some data from an alternative source
Dataset	Permitted development right
Organisation	Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Start date	1977-03-29	Facts
End date		Facts
Entry date	2026-06-04	Facts
Typology	category
Notes	None	Facts
Description	The carrying out on agricultural land having an area of more than one acre and comprised in an agricultural unit of building or engineering operations requisite for the use of that land for the purposes of agriculture (other than the placing on land of structures not designed for those purposes or the provision and alteration of dwellings), so long as:- a) the ground area covered by a building erected pursuant to this permission does not, either by itself or after the addition thereto of the ground area covered by any existing building or buildings (other than a dwellinghouse) within the same unit erected or in course of erection within the preceding two years and wholly or partly within 90 metres of the nearest part of said building, exceed 465 square metres; b) the height of any buildings or works does not exceed 3 metres in the case of a building or works within 3 kilometres of the perimeter of an aerodrome, nor 12 metres in any other case; c) no part of any buildings (other than moveable structures) or works is within 25 metres of the metalled portion of a trunk or classified road.	Facts
Documentation url	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/pdfs/uksi_19770289_en.pdf	Facts
Permitted development right part	VI	Facts
Permitted development right class	1	Facts

Contents

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        "start-date": "1977-03-29",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 11500218,
        "name": "Agricultural Buildings, Works and Uses",
        "dataset": "permitted-development-right",
        "typology": "category",
        "reference": "VI1-1977",
        "prefix": "permitted-development-right",
        "organisation-entity": "600001",
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "notes": "None",
        "description": "The carrying out on agricultural land having an area of more than one acre and comprised in an agricultural unit of building or engineering operations requisite for the use of that land for the purposes of agriculture (other than the placing on land of structures not designed for those purposes or the provision and alteration of dwellings), so long as:- a) the ground area covered by a building erected pursuant to this permission does not, either by itself or after the addition thereto of the ground area covered by any existing building or buildings (other than a dwellinghouse) within the same unit erected or in course of erection within the preceding two years and wholly or partly within 90 metres of the nearest part of said building, exceed 465 square metres; b) the height of any buildings or works does not exceed 3 metres in the case of a building or works within 3 kilometres of the perimeter of an aerodrome, nor 12 metres in any other case; c) no part of any buildings (other than moveable structures) or works is within 25 metres of the metalled portion of a trunk or classified road.",
        "documentation-url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/pdfs/uksi_19770289_en.pdf",
        "permitted-development-right-part": "VI",
        "permitted-development-right-class": "1"
    }

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