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Class G – Air traffic services development at an airport
Class G covers air traffic services development on operational land within the perimeter of a relevant airport. The development must be carried out by the relevant airport operator or its agent and must be connected with the provision of air traffic services.
This is a specialist operator right. Merely being within an airport boundary does not make unrelated development permitted by Class G.
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Permitted development can avoid a full planning application, but only if the right applies and every relevant limit and condition is met. Planning Geek can check the planning history, Article 4 directions and other restrictions, and help with a lawful development certificate or prior approval where needed.
What does Class G allow?
The core tests are the status of the developer, the location of the land and the purpose of the development. The land must be operational land within the perimeter of a relevant airport, and the works must genuinely be connected with air traffic services.
Unlike some neighbouring Classes, Class G does not itself impose a separate height limit or consultation procedure. The statutory definitions in Paragraph O remain important, particularly the meaning of a relevant airport and air traffic services.
Legislation
Class G – air traffic services development at an airport
Permitted development
G. The carrying out on operational land within the perimeter of a relevant airport by a relevant airport operator or its agent of development in connection with the provision of air traffic services.
Current legislation: Part 8 of Schedule 2 on legislation.gov.uk
Air traffic services at an airport Page Updated: 23rd September 2026