The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has laid before Parliament the regulations which make office to residential conversions a permanent feature of permitted development (PD) rights from 6 April.<\/u><\/p>\n
The rights were first introduced on a temporary basis nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n
An amendment to the General Permitted Development Order includes a new condition which allows local planning authorities to consider the impact of noise from commercial premises on occupants of the housing.<\/p>\n
The time-limit on exemptions obtained for parts of London and Manchester will run out in May 2019. Planning authorities will be able to apply for Article 4 directions to remove the rights.<\/p>\n
The change to permitted development to facilitate residential conversions will also apply to launderettes and, from 2017, light industrial up to a maximum floor space of 500 square metres.<\/p>\n
New permitted development rights for mineral exploration which will allow for boreholes for specific monitoring purposes where there is preparatory petroleum exploration are also coming into force.<\/p>\n
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