Issue details
Article 4 Direction removing permitted development from offices to residential [ID 1065301]
PDF 89 KBArticle 4 directions remove permitted development rights (the ability to undertake certain forms of development without a full planning application) where there is a local need or justification for doing so. In May 2013 a new permitted development right was introduced allowing change of use from offices (Use Class B1(a)) to residential (Use Class C3) with the exception of fifty important clusters of offices around the country of which two are in the borough – the ‘Central Activities Zone’ and ‘Tech City’ boundaries in the west and the north of the Isle of Dogs including Canary Wharf. Those exemptions will cease on 1st June 2019 after which the Council would lose its ability to manage such conversions through the planning system.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 04/07/2017
Decision due: 19 Sep 17 by Cabinet
Lead member: Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Air Quality
Lead director: Corporate Director, Place
Department: Place
Contact: Owen Whalley, (Divisional Director, Planning & Building Control) Email: owen.whalley@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Public consultation on Article 4 directions is guided by Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. This requires that consultation must take place for a period of at least 21 days (three weeks).
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: An Equalities Assessment has been prepared and will be included as an Appendices to the report. Also Officers will continue to work with the Council's Equalities team to ensure actions are undertaken to mitigate the likely impacts on the equality profile of those affected by the Article 4.
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: Map of existing exemption areas Map of proposed Article 4 boundaries Justification for Article 4 Direction Equality Analysis Quality Assurance Checklist