Town and Country Planning in the UK

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Permitted development rights which allow the alteration of certain buildings may apply - see Schedule 2 Revision date: 15 03 2019 See previous version Should children’s best interests be taken into account when determining planning applications? Fees will cease to be charged for monitoring visits on the completion of the period of aftercare set out in the planning permission.

subdivision of a building (including any part it) used as a dwellinghouse for use as 2 or more separate dwelling housesThe Secretary of State has the power to modify or cancel article 4 directions at any time before or after they are made, with the following exceptions: the permitted development rights require the developer to notify the local planning authority of a change of use

Where a planning application is required applicants should consider both national policy set out in the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policies when developing the proposal. The Direction is separate from, and does not affect or prejudice, the Secretary of State’s general power under section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to direct that any particular planning application should be called in for determination by the Secretary of State. In addition to the requirements under the Direction there may also be additional, locally applicable arrangements set out in safeguarding directions. The Commercial, Business and Service use class provides for use, or part use, for all or any of the purposes set out in that Class.

Revision date: 22 02 2018 See previous version Can a local planning authority decline to accept an application to vary conditions? interior alterations (except mezzanine floors which increase the floorspace of retail premises by more than 200 square metres) The instrument also creates new use classes for ‘Learning and non-residential institutions’ for buildings such as schools, libraries and art galleries and ‘Local community’ uses for buildings such as swimming pools, skating rinks and areas for outdoor sports, as well as shops servicing the essential needs of local communities, such as small local shops that are needed to meet the day to day shopping needs of local communities, especially rural communities, large residential estates and communities outside main shopping areas. The Standard Application Form (application for the approval of details reserved by a condition) must be used to set out the details which applicants would like the local planning authority to consider. If a person is unhappy with the approach that a local planning authority has taken to a proposed or existing development then they can consider going through the authority’s complaints procedure. If this does not resolve the issue, they could make a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman.

Irrespective of any requirement to obtain planning permission, the demolition of a statue, memorial or monument which is: In all other cases it will be necessary to make a planning application to a local planning authority. If renting out parking spaces does not amount to a material change of use and if there are no other planning considerations that prevent parking spaces from being rented out then it would not require planning permission. e) within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse (for these purposes this includes houses and flats but excludes educational residential accommodation) Planning permission will not normally be required to home work or run a business from home, provided that home working or a business use is incidental to the use as a dwellinghouse. The local planning authority must consider whether any purposes to which it is put are reasonably incidental to its use as a dwellinghouse. Where such uses result in a material change of use of a dwellinghouse, planning permission will be required. Whether a material change of use has taken place, or will take place, is a matter of fact and degree and this will be determined on the individual merits of a case.Revision date: 06 03 2014 Do permitted development rights for change of use also allow for physical development? Development carried out using permitted development rights can be liable to pay a Community Infrastructure Levy charge. This depends on when development commences and whether there is a community levy charge in place. A developer would not be required to pay a charge where permitted development was commenced before 6 April 2013 or otherwise before a charging schedule was in effect. Where development is commenced after 6 April 2013 and a charging schedule is in place, they would be liable to pay a charge. The Ombudsman is only able to consider the procedure followed and conduct of a local planning authority. The Ombudsman does not have the power to rescind a grant of planning permission. Further advice will also be available from an appropriate legal professional or professional planning consultant. Revision date: 06 03 2014 What kind of information will the developer have to supply in connection with a prior approval application?

From Monday 8 June 2020, some parts of Chaguanas, San Juan, Tunapuna and Couva, will have access to a new online portal that allows users to submit development permitting applications electronically, to the Town and Country Planning Division (TCPD).Revision date: 06 03 2014 After change of use has taken place, do buildings have the permitted development rights associated with the new use? Revision date: 06 03 2014 Do any permitted development rights for change of use require prior approval? The flat rate fee applies to applications to change the use of land for playing fields and other associated operations such as earthmoving, draining or levelling. The flat rate fee does not apply to planning applications to erect buildings. Revision date: 22 02 2018 Is planning permission required for flood protection or alleviation works on a farm? Bypassing the local community, local democracy and local control: by adding new units on top of flats; by allowing developers to demolish and rebuild empty buildings; and by allowing people to add multiple floors to their homes […].