Information and guidance

Exemptions from Permitted Development Rights

An ‘Article 4’ direction restricts the scope of Permitted Development Rights in relation to:

  • a particular area or site
  • a particular type of development

Where such a direction is in effect, a planning application may be required for development that would otherwise have been permitted development.

Modified Directions

Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of Schedule 1 of that Order.

Class MA – Modified Direction
Class MA – Notice

Development consisting of demolition of a detached building which was in use as an office, research and development or light industrial use, or any combination of these uses, on 12 March 2020, and its replacement with a purpose built detached block of flats or a purpose built detached dwellinghouse.

Class ZA – Modified Direction 
Class ZA – Notice