PM Urged To End ‘Dangerous’ Office-To-Residential Conversions

An open letter has today been sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlining calls to end the creation of homes through office-to-residential conversions. In 2013, the introduction of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) has allowed office buildings to be converted to housing without requiring “normal” planning permission. According to the letter, authored by architects Levitt Bernstein, almost 42,000 “tiny and inaccessible” homes have been created since the policy’s introduction. A recent report also highlights that some windowless rooms aren’t just used for sleeping, but are also used as spaces to cook, eat and socialise. Read more on 24housing.

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