Permitted development right

Development by statutory undertakers

Field	Value
CURIE	permitted-development-right:XVIII(I)-1977
Prefix	permitted-development-right	Facts
Reference	XVIII(I)-1977	Facts
Name	Development by statutory undertakers	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	2026-06-10	Facts
Typology	category
Notes	None	Facts
Description	Post Office. Development required for the purposes of the undertaking of any of the following descriptions, that is to say:- (i)the installation of public call offices (telephone kiosks(, posting boxes or self-service postal machines; (ii) the placing of any telegraphic line as defined in the Telegraph Act 1878(a) in the exercise of an easement or other right compulsorily acquired under section 55 of the Post Office Act 1969(b); (iii) the use of land in case of emergency for the stationing and operation of movable apparatus required for the replacement of telephone exchanges, telephone repeater stations and radio stations and generators which have become unserviceable, for a period not exceeding six months; (iv) any other development carried out in, on, over or under the operational land of the undertaking except:- (a) the erection, or the reconstruction or alteration so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, of buildings; (b) the installation or erection, by way of addition or replacement, of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, exceeding 15 metres in height or the height of the plant, machinery, structure or erection so replaced, whichever is the greater.	Facts
Documentation url	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/contents/made	Facts
Permitted development right part	(I)	Facts
Permitted development right class	XVIII	Facts

Contents

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        "start-date": "1977-03-29",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 11500235,
        "name": "Development by statutory undertakers",
        "dataset": "permitted-development-right",
        "typology": "category",
        "reference": "XVIII(I)-1977",
        "prefix": "permitted-development-right",
        "organisation-entity": "600001",
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "notes": "None",
        "description": "Post Office. Development required for the purposes of the undertaking of any of the following descriptions, that is to say:- (i)the installation of public call offices (telephone kiosks(, posting boxes or self-service postal machines; (ii) the placing of any telegraphic line as defined in the Telegraph Act 1878(a) in the exercise of an easement or other right compulsorily acquired under section 55 of the Post Office Act 1969(b); (iii) the use of land in case of emergency for the stationing and operation of movable apparatus required for the replacement of telephone exchanges, telephone repeater stations and radio stations and generators which have become unserviceable, for a period not exceeding six months; (iv) any other development carried out in, on, over or under the operational land of the undertaking except:- (a) the erection, or the reconstruction or alteration so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, of buildings; (b) the installation or erection, by way of addition or replacement, of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, exceeding 15 metres in height or the height of the plant, machinery, structure or erection so replaced, whichever is the greater.",
        "documentation-url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/contents/made",
        "permitted-development-right-part": "(I)",
        "permitted-development-right-class": "XVIII"
    }

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