Islington Council is trying to overturn government plans to
turn empty office space into flats and to ease the proliferation of high street
payday loan firms and betting shops. The council has now made an Article 4
direction to effectively overturn some of the permitted development rights
introduced by the government in May. Under the revised General Permitted
Development Order, residents and councils are powerless to object to, prevent,
or impose conditions on certain types of development including:
*The change of existing shops, dentists, pubs and other uses
over to a betting shop or pay day loan business.
*The change of any office building into housing.
Neither of these types of conversion now require planning
permission, meaning, says the council, that "residents' rights to be
notified in advance and to raise any objection are swept away". Read more on 24dash.
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