New Permitted Development Classes

25 Jun New Permitted Development Classes

The Government announced an update to The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO) in a new 20th Part which will be coming into effect on 31st August 2020.

A summary of the new Permitted Development Rights are as follows:

Class ZA – allows for the demolition of a single detached building in existence on 12 March 2020 that was used for office, research and development or industrial processes, or a free-standing purpose-built block of flats, and its replacement by an individual detached block of flats or a single detached house within the footprint of the old building, with up to two additional storeys in the airspace.

Class A – permits allows the construction of up to two additional storeys of new flats in the airspace above a purpose-built detached block of flats.

Class AA – permits construction of up to two new storeys of flats in the airspace above detached buildings in commercial or mixed use, including where there is an element of residential use.

Class AB – permits the construction of new flats in the airspace above terrace buildings (including semi-detached buildings) in commercial or mixed (including residential) use; two storeys may be added if the existing building is two or more storeys tall, or one additional storey where the building consists of one storey.

Class AC – permits the construction of new flats in the airspace above terrace dwellinghouses (including semi-detached houses); two storeys may be added if the existing building is two or more storeys tall, or one additional storey where the building consists of one storey.

Class AD – permits the construction of new flats in the airspace above detached dwellinghouses; two storeys may be added if the existing building is two or more storeys tall, or one additional storey where the building consists of one storey.

We look forward to exploring the new permitted development rules further, if you have any protentional site in mind, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us.