Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.  (1)  This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 29th June 2014.

(2) In this Order "the 1992 Order" means the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992(2).

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014

2.  (1)  The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014(3) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In that part of the Schedule which inserts-

(a)paragraph (5) of class 9A (extension or alteration of a shop or financial or professional services establishment) into Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order-

(i)before the definition of "raised platform" insert-

""enclosed shopping centre" means a building containing shops having frontages to an arcade or mall or other covered circulation area;"; and

(ii)after the definition of "raised platform" insert-

""retail park" means a group of 3 or more retail stores, at least one of which has a minimum internal floor area of 1,000 square metres and which-

(b)paragraph (5) of class 9B (erection or construction of a trolley store within the curtilage of a shop) into Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order omit-

(i)the definition of "enclosed shopping centre"; and

(ii)the definition of "retail park";

(c)paragraph (4)(b) of class 9C (schools, colleges, universities and hospital buildings), into Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order, after the definition of "care" insert-

""raised platform" means a platform with a height greater than 300 millimetres;"; and

(d)paragraph (4)(b) of class 9D (extension or alteration of an office building) into Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order, before the definition of "World Heritage Site" insert-

""raised platform" means a platform with a height greater than 300 millimetres; and".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order corrects errors in the schedule to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 ("the 2014 Order"). The 2014 Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 to include new classes of permitted development. Article 2 corrects errors in the 2014 Order by inserting definitions of "enclosed shopping centre" and "retail park" into new class 9A and omits these definitions from new class 9B. It also inserts a definition of "raised platform" in new classes 9C and 9D.