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18 Nov 2015

Planning: change of use - Parliamentary briefing

England & Wales | Planning | Industry News

The planning use class system (along with permitted development rights) allows the change of use of buildings without the need for planning permission. The Coalition Government introduced a range of new change of use permitted development rights ...

22 Apr 2015

Betting Shops - Change to Planning Classification

Betting & Gaming | England & Wales | Planning

Shortly before Parliament went into Recess for the general election a number of legislative changes were passed.  Included amongst the measures was the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2015 which took effec...

24 Nov 2014

Planning Use Class - When is a pub a pub?

Planning

A frequent point of discussion is within which Use Class the various operating formats of the leisure industry falls into.  A traditional Public House is clearly Class A4 but today is there such a thing as a traditional Public House.  In...

06 Aug 2014

Planning: Restriction on Betting Offices

Betting & Gaming | Planning

On 30 April 2014 we reported that the Government had published its document "Gambling Protections and Control" which was to provide Local Authorities with enhanced powers including being able to control the number of betting shops opening in their...

04 Jun 2014

External areas - planning issues?

Planning

We have been alerted to a recent planning case which may impact on developments of external areas and particularly ‘loose’ furniture.  Colman v Westminster City Council – reported in the Journal of Planning and Environment ...