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Appeal: Residential conversion of offices could cause ‘indiscriminate’ parking

15.01.2019

Plans to convert an office block in Beckenham town centre into flats under permitted development rules could lead to ‘indiscriminate street parking’, an inspector has ruled.

London council issues Article 4 Direction on permitted development

19.09.2018

Laura Edgar

Brent Council has issued an Article 4 Direction that means developers will need to apply for planning permission to convert office and light industrial space into homes.

News report: Permitted development rights – all loss and no gain?

30.05.2018

Laura Edgar

Are permitted development rights reducing housing quality, community contributions and affordable housing numbers? The evidence suggests they are, finds Laura Edgar

Appeal: Prior approval refused for GPDO conversion of ‘abandoned’ office

22.05.2018

Matt Moody

After assessing contradicting evidence, an inspector has refused prior approval to convert an office building near Colchester into 28 flats under GPDO rules, concluding that its office use had been ‘...

Research: Office-to-residential permitted development is producing poor-quality housing

02.05.2018

Laura Edgar

Research has suggested that office-to-residential conversions under permitted development rules produce a higher number of poor-quality homes than applications that go through the full planning process.

Westminster fights loss of office space

22.01.2018

Laura Edgar

Westminster City Council has launched an Article 4 Direction to protect office space as it looks to prevent a continued decline.

News in brief: London could lose its office space to permitted development; Burton health village given board approval

19.09.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 19 September, 2017

Appeal: Office-to-HMO approved for Northampton

25.10.2016

Martha Harris

The change of use of offices to a House in Multiple Occupation has been allowed in Northampton, after an inspector concluded that the scheme would not have an unacceptably adverse effect on highway safety....

Appeals round-up: Clark approves large-scale ‘inappropriate’ development for green belt; Cumulative impact of Caithness turbines judged 'negligible'

01.04.2016

Martha Harris

A round-up of appeal decisions: 26 March-1 April, 2016

Appeal: Two office-to-residential appeals allowed after council failed to provide evidence

31.03.2016

Martha Harris

Two appeals for the change of use of an office building in Ilford, Essex, to 104 and 95 self-contained apartments respectively, have been allowed after an inspector found that Redbridge Borough Council...

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