What is this?
This consultation closed on 15 November
There are some things which everyone has a right to change about their property without having to apply for full planning permission. This right is known as “permitted development”. An Article 4 Direction is a legal process which a council can use to remove particular types of permitted development. The Council has recently made three sets of Article 4 Directions to remove the right to change the use of a property to residential.
These Directions will be relevant to anyone who own a non-residential building and or are thinking about converting it into houses or flats.