The Town and Country Planning (Telecommunication Networks) (Railway Operational Land) Special Development Order 1982

• Citation: S.I. 1982/817
• Sections: 2

Section 1

(1) This order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Telecommunication Networks) (Railway Operational Land) Special Development Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1982.

(2) This order shall apply to all land which is for the time being operational land, for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, of the British Railways Board.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this order, the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977 shall apply to the descriptions of land to which this order applies.

Section 2

The carrying out, on, in or under any land to which this order applies, of operations for the purposes of:—

(a) the laying of telecommunication cables;

(b) the installation of troughs to house such cables;

(c) the erection or construction of structures to house signal regeneration equipment and the installation of such equipment;

(d) the repair, maintenance, alteration or removal of cables, structures or equipment of the kinds described in paragraphs (a) to (c) above,

is hereby permitted, subject to the following conditions:—

(i) no structure shall be erected, constructed or extended in pursuance of this permission so as to have a height exceeding 3 metres from ground level or (except in the case of a trough to house a telecommunication cable) to cover a ground area exceeding 5 square metres;

(ii) no development shall be carried out in pursuance of this permission after the expiration of the period of 25 years beginning with the date when this order comes into operation.