The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020, to take effect on the 31st of August 2020 introduces new permitted development rights to allow certain buildings to be demolished and replaced with housing. The explanatory note to the new regulations states that they allow for ‘the demolition of a...Read More

Publication of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 has introduced new permitted development rights for the upward extension of certain types of property, and will come into force on 31st August 2020. Among the changes the new regulations introduce are permitted development rights to; Extend houses upwards...Read More

Changes to the Use Classes Order have been announced by the Government through the publication of The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 and will come into force on the 1st of September 2020. The regulations amend the use classes order to create a new ‘Class E’ encompassing the former use...Read More