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New legislation means you are
‘permitted’ more development
y way of a follow up on my editorial in the
March/April edition, there was news on the
horizon that the planning legislation with
regard to barn conversions was to be relaxed.
I am pleased to report that additional permitted
development rights were published on 6th April.
Permitted development rights are a grant of
planning permission to allow certain building
works and changes of use to be carried out without
having to make a planning application. New
application forms were published on the Planning
Portal, which on the face of them are notification to
the Planning Authority that the applicant intends
to carry out a conversion of an established
agricultural building into a dwelling, the Local
Planning Authority will consider impacts of the
proposed change .
The new permitted
development rights allow change of use and some
associated physical works from buildings used for
agricultural purposes to residential use. The
building must have been built and in use prior to
20th March 2013, up to three dwellings are
allowed under permitted development that have a
cumulative floor space of up to 450sq mtrs.
Before everyone rushes to con