Definitions for "GPDO"
General Permitted Development Order. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 sets out those categories of development which may be carried out without the need to apply for planning permission (called "permitted development"). The local authority can make legal direction requiring planning permission to be obtained for particular types of development which would otherwise normally be allowed by virtue of the Order.
General Permitted Development Order (see ancillary development).
General Permitted Development Order. A statutory instrument- the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992- which outlines the circumstances where certain classes of development are permitted without the requirement to gain planning permission.