Property News · November 28, 2019

Planning regulations that are a disgrace | Letter


Councils have their hands tied and cannot prevent people being cramped into rooms below government standards, says Joseph EjioforYour article (The billionaire and the 219 tiny flats: a new low for rabbit hutch Britain?, Money, 23 November) highlighted the injustice of permitted development, which has once again reared its head in Haringey, north London.Under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, a developer can convert offices into residential properties without planning permission. A council can only intervene in limited circumstances – where there are transport impacts, contamination or flooding risks, or noise from nearby commercial premises. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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