A number of legislative changes in the planning arena came into force on 1st August. Two of these are specially relevant to Permitted Development Rights.
Following change to Use Classes last September, permitted development rights were left using the ‘legacy’ Use Classes until a full review and update to the legislation could take place which has now occurred. With a new formal set of use classes now in force, there will be impact on some ‘Prior Approval’ applications that have been submitted via the planning portal. In all cases the required actions or any changes will be flagged during the process so all applicants are made aware of the impact.
In addition, there are further new permitted development rights that have been introduced affecting Commercial/Business/Service uses to be changed to Dwellinghouses. As expected, there are specific conditions and limitations on this new right, including the need to make a ‘Prior Approval’ application so that specific details and matters can be reviewed by the Local Authority to determine if further action is required.
If you would like to review the changes in detail they can be found at the planning portal.
