Synopsis
This order amended the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Further commercial, business, and service premises may be converted into dwellinghouses without planning permission: requirements on the period of vacancy and the upper floorspace limit were removed.
Summary
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024 amended the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended on 20 February 2024.
This legislation applies to England only.
What has changed?
Further commercial, business, and service premises may be converted into dwellinghouses without planning permission.
The 2024 order removes a requirement that these buildings are vacant for at least three months prior to the application for approval of this change. The upper floorspace limit (previously 1,500 square metres) was also removed.
Background
"Permitted development" is defined by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. Specified classes of development may be carried out without any requirement for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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