Appendix 1 GPDO Review Research Objectives
1. To identify any issues which arise from the way the GPDO operates in practice;
2. To evaluate the impact, effect and effectiveness of the GPDO regime;
3. To assess the existing permitted development rights to see if they are in line with current Government policy (in the widest sense) and up-to-date in their expression;
4. To assess the existing conditions, qualifications and restrictions attached to the permitted development rights in the GPDO to see if they are in line with current Government policy and up to date in their expression;
5. To consider whether any additional permitted development rights should be introduced or existing rights removed;
6. To consider whether any additional conditions, qualifications and restrictions should be introduced;
7. To consider the potential for increasing PDR for householder developments.
8. To consider whether there is a need for greater consistency across the GPDO;
9. To consider how the GPDO provisions, including the Articles, could be made clearer and more comprehensible;
10. To consider the operation of the Articles (and in particular Article 4) to see if they are fully effective;
11. Specific recommendations on any changes will be required. We want to develop a GPDO which is easy to understand for planning authorities and developers, balances the needs of developers and the policy aims of government with the need to respect local communities and the amenity and environment of their areas;
12. To analyse and report on how the exemptions in Regulations 3 and 5 of the B(S)R coincide, or do not coincide, with PDR for householder development as they currently exist and to recommend any necessary amendments to either regime.