Agenda item

To consider the proposed confirmation of two Article 4 Directions to require Changes of Use from Class E(g)(i) (Offices) and Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial) to Class C3 (Residential) to obtain planning permission.

The Executive considered a report seeking confirmation of two Article 4 Directions to require Changes of Use from Class E(g)(i) (Offices) and Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial) to Class C3 (Residential) to obtain planning permission.

It was RESOLVED:

1.          That the responses from consultation, 20 July to 17 August 2022, on the serving of the notice of the revised Article 4 Directions, as set out in Appendix C to the report, be noted. 

2.          That the Article 4 Directions [set out in Appendices A and B to the report] under Article 4 (I) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended), to remove permitted development rights in relation to changes of use from Use Class E(g)(i) and E(g)(iii) to Use Class C3 (as defined in the Town and County Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended), be confirmed, effective from 1 October 2022.

Reason for Decision:  As contained in report.

Other Options considered:  As contained in report.