Permitted development right

Development by statutory undertakers

Field	Value
CURIE	permitted-development-right:XVIII(D)-1977
Prefix	permitted-development-right	Facts
Reference	XVIII(D)-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	Gas undertakings. Development required for the purposes of the undertakings of any of the following descriptions, that is to say:- (i) the laying underground of mains, pipes, or other apparatus; (ii) the installation in a gas distribution system of apparatus for measuring, recording, controlling or varying the pressure flow or volume of gas, and structures for housing such apparatus not exceeding (except where constructed underground elsewhere than under a highway) 29 cubic metres in capacity; (iii) the construction, in any storage area or protective area specified in an order made under section 4 of the Gas Act 1965(a) of boreholes, other than those shown in the order as approved by the Secretary of State for Energy for the purpose of subsection (6) of the said section 4, and the erection or construction, in any such area, or any plant or machinery, not exceeding 6 metres in height which is required in connection with the construction of any such borehole; (iv) the placing and storage on land of pipe and other apparatus needed for inclusion in a main or pipe which is being or is about to be laid or constructed in pursuance of a planning permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part III of the Act; (v) the erection on operational land of the undertaking, solely for the protection of plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, of buildings not exceeding 15 metres in height; (vi) any other development carried out in, on, over or under 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 of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, exceeding 15 metres in height, or capable, without addition, of being extended to a height exceeding 15 metres; (c) the replacement of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, to a height exceeding 15 metres 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	(D)	Facts
Permitted development right class	XVIII	Facts

Contents

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        "start-date": "1977-03-29",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 11500233,
        "name": "Development by statutory undertakers",
        "dataset": "permitted-development-right",
        "typology": "category",
        "reference": "XVIII(D)-1977",
        "prefix": "permitted-development-right",
        "organisation-entity": "600001",
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "notes": "None",
        "description": "Gas undertakings. Development required for the purposes of the undertakings of any of the following descriptions, that is to say:- (i) the laying underground of mains, pipes, or other apparatus; (ii) the installation in a gas distribution system of apparatus for measuring, recording, controlling or varying the pressure flow or volume of gas, and structures for housing such apparatus not exceeding (except where constructed underground elsewhere than under a highway) 29 cubic metres in capacity; (iii) the construction, in any storage area or protective area specified in an order made under section 4 of the Gas Act 1965(a) of boreholes, other than those shown in the order as approved by the Secretary of State for Energy for the purpose of subsection (6) of the said section 4, and the erection or construction, in any such area, or any plant or machinery, not exceeding 6 metres in height which is required in connection with the construction of any such borehole; (iv) the placing and storage on land of pipe and other apparatus needed for inclusion in a main or pipe which is being or is about to be laid or constructed in pursuance of a planning permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part III of the Act; (v) the erection on operational land of the undertaking, solely for the protection of plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, of buildings not exceeding 15 metres in height; (vi) any other development carried out in, on, over or under 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 of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, exceeding 15 metres in height, or capable, without addition, of being extended to a height exceeding 15 metres; (c) the replacement of any plant or machinery, or structures or erections of the nature of plant or machinery, to a height exceeding 15 metres 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": "(D)",
        "permitted-development-right-class": "XVIII"
    }

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