The government will review the conversion of offices into
homes without planning permission after a leading Conservative MP lambasted the
policy for allowing ‘social cleansing’. Reforms to permitted development rights
in 2013 have allowed developers to convert offices into residences without
planning permission. Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon told Parliament
this week the policy had not worked. “It has allowed landlord to build ghettos.
It’s allowed London councillors to socially cleanse their most vulnerable
families to places like Harlow,” he said. Halfon urged the government to reform
the permitted development rules, adding that Harlow had not received any
extra resources “to deal with the extra burden” for providing more doctors,
schools, social services and police. Read more on the Planning Portal website.
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Almost a fifth of adults aged 24-34 are living with parents, particularly
in areas of high-cost housing
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