Consultation outcome

Reusing existing buildings: permitted development rights

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Published
3 July 2012
Last updated
9 May 2013 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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New opportunities for sustainable development and growth through the reuse of existing buildings: summary of responses

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Detail of outcome

Summary of responses outlining measures the government is bringing forward to relax planning regulations to enable better use of existing buildings.

Original consultation

Summary

Consultation outlining measures to relax planning regulations to enable better use of existing buildings.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The consultation outlines action the government is proposing in the following areas:

  • to create permitted development rights to assist change of use from existing buildings used for agricultural purposes to uses supporting rural growth
  • to increase the thresholds for permitted development rights for change of use between B1 (business/office) and B8 (warehouse) classes and from B2 (industry) to B1 and B8
  • to introduce a permitted development right to allow the temporary use for 2 years, where the use is low impact, without the need for planning permission
  • to provide C1 (hotels, boarding and guest houses) permitted development rights to convert to C3 (dwelling houses) without the need for planning permission and
  • to consider if any updates or amendments are needed to the existing descriptions within the use classes order

Documents

New opportunities for sustainable development and growth through the reuse of existing buildings: consultation

Ref: ISBN 9781409835622

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Published 3 July 2012
Last updated 9 May 2013 + show all updates

  1. Published summary of responses on 9 May 2013

  2. First published.