Article 4 directions

The direction came into force on 6 March 1970 and applies to a specific area of Fleggburgh.   

The location of the Article 4 direction and where it applies can be viewed using the Article 4 direction interactive map.

The direction states that planning permission granted by Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order (1963) shall not apply to the use of the said land of the descriptions set out below:

1.   The use of the land for the purposes of camping and the erection or placing thereon of moveable structures for the purposes of such use;

2. The use of the land, other than buildings and not within the curtilage of a dwelling house for the purposes of recreation or instruction by members of an organisation which holds a certificate of exemption granted by the Minister of Housing & Local Government under Section 269 of the Public Health, and the erection or placing of tents on the land for the purposes of that use;

3. The use of the land, other than a building, as a caravan site in any of the circumstances specified in paragraphs 2-9 (inclusive) of Schedule 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, or in the circumstances (other than those relating to winter quarters) specified in paragraph 10 of the said Schedule;

4. Being development comprised respectively in paragraph 2 of Class IV, Class V and Class XXII of Part I referred to in the First Schedule of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order (1963) and not being development comprised within any other.