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Further to Minute 67 (19 January 2021), the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development reported on the proposed confirmation of the non-immediate Article 4 Direction, in relation to permitted development regulations.

The Cabinet Member reminded colleagues that the Government had introduced new permitted development regulations, effective from August 2020, that granted rights to extend various buildings upwards through the prior approval process, without the need for a planning application.  The permitted development process afforded local authorities limited criteria against which to examine proposals and only allowed limited contributions to mitigate any negative impacts.  Therefore, it was felt necessary to progress an Article 4 Directive in order to protect local communities from eyesore extensions and so as not to undermine the Council’s ambitions for improving the design quality of new developments within the Borough.

Cabinet resolved to confirm the Article 4 Direction, under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, covering the whole borough except designated industrial land, withdrawing permitted development rights for additional storeys above existing residential and commercial properties, to come into force on 22 February 2022.