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PA.2.—(1) Development is permitted by Class PA subject to the condition that before beginning the development, the developer must—
(a)submit a statement, which must accompany the application referred to in paragraph (b), to the local planning authority setting out the evidence the developer relies upon to demonstrate that the building was used solely for a light industrial use on the date referred to in paragraph PA.1(b);
(b)apply to the local planning authority for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required as to—
(i)transport and highways impacts of the development,
(ii)contamination risks in relation to the building,
(iii)flooding risks in relation to the building,
(iv)where the authority considers the building to which the development relates is within an area that is important for providing industrial services or storage or distribution services or a mix of those services (which includes, where the development relates to part of a building, services provided from any other part of the building), whether the introduction of, or an increase in, a residential use of premises in the area would have an adverse impact on the sustainability of the provision of those services,
[F2(v)the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses,]
and the provisions of paragraph W (prior approval) of this Part apply in relation to that application.
(2) Development under Class PA is permitted subject to the condition that it must be completed within a period of 3 years starting with the prior approval date.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 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
F2Sch. 2 Pt. 3 Class PA para. 2(1)(b)(v) inserted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 16 (with reg. 27)
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