SCHEDULE 2 E+WPermitted development rights

PART 3 E+WChanges of use

[F1 Class PA – premises in light industrial use to dwellinghouses E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class PA and cross-heading inserted (6.4.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/332), arts. 1, 8

Development not permitted E+W

PA.1.   Development is not permitted by Class PA if—

(a) an application under paragraph PA.2(1) in respect of the development is received by the local planning authority on or before 30th September 2017;

(b) the building was not used solely for a light industrial use on 19th March 2014 or, in the case of a building which was in use before that date but was not in use on that date, when it was last in use;

(c) the prior approval date falls on or after 1st October 2020;

(d) the gross floor space of the existing building exceeds 500 square metres;

(e) the site is occupied under an agricultural tenancy, unless the express consent of both the landlord and the tenant has been obtained;

(f) less than 1 year before the date the development begins—

(i) an agricultural tenancy over the site has been terminated, and

(ii) the termination was for the purpose of carrying out development under this Class,

unless both the landlord and the tenant have agreed in writing that the site is no longer required for agricultural purposes;

(g) the site is, or forms part of—

(i) a site of special scientific interest;

(ii) a safety hazard area;

(iii) a military explosives storage area;

(h) the building is a listed building or is within the curtilage of a listed building; or

(i) the site is, or contains, a scheduled monument.]