Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 10th June 1996.

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

Amendment to the 1992 Order

2. After Part 24 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order(3) insert-

"PART 25CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS

Class 72.-(1) The installation, alteration or replacement on any building or other structure of a closed circuit television camera for security purposes.

(2) Development is not permitted by this class if-

(a)the development is in a conservation area or a national scenic area;

(b)the dimensions of the camera including its housing exceed 75 centimetres by 25 centimetres by 25 centimetres;

(c)any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, be less than 250 centimetres above ground level;

(d)any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, protrude from the surface of the building or structure by more than one metre when measured from the surface of the building or structure;

(e)any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, be in contact with the surface of the building or structure at a point which is more than one metre from any other point of contact;

(f)any part of the camera would be less than 10 metres from any part of another camera installed on a building or structure;

(g)the development would result in the presence of more than four cameras on the same side of the building or structure; or

(h)the development would result in the presence of more than 16 cameras on the building or structure.

(3) Development is permitted by this class subject to the following conditions:-

(a)the camera shall, so far as practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building or structure on which it is situated;

(b)the camera shall be removed as soon as reasonably practicable after it is no longer required for security purposes;

(c)the field of vision of the camera shall, so far as practicable, not extend beyond the boundaries of the land upon which the building or structure is erected or of any area which adjoins that land and to which the public have access.

(4) For the purposes of this class-

"camera", except in paragraph (2)(b), includes its housing, pan and tilt mechanism, infra red illuminator, receiver, mountings and brackets.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 by adding a new Part 25 to Schedule 1 to grant permitted development rights for the installation, alteration or replacement on a building or other structure of a closed circuit television camera for security purposes. Conditions are attached relating to the size and number of cameras permitted, their field of vision and their positioning. A camera must be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building or structure and must be removed after it is no longer required for security purposes.