The Local Authorities (Rental Auctions) (England) and Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

15.  In Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015(1), after class DA, insert—

“Class DB: Use of qualifying high-street premises changing to a suitable high-street use

Permitted development

DB. Development consisting of a change of use of a building which is a qualifying high-street premises within the meaning of section 192(2) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”) and any land within the curtilage of that building to a suitable high-street use (as defined by section 192(4) of the 2023 Act) for the duration of a tenancy granted following a rental auction of the premises held under Part 10 of the 2023 Act.

Development not permitted

DB.1 Development is not permitted by Class DB if the premises form part of a site which is, or forms part of—

(a) a military explosives storage area, or

(b) a safety hazard area.

Conditions

DB.2 Development is permitted by Class DB subject to the following conditions—

(a) the local authority responsible for the rental auction must notify the local planning authority of—

(i) the suitable high-street use for which the premises will be used;

(ii) the date on which that use will commence;

(iii) the date on which that use will cease;

(b) at the end of the tenancy granted in relation to the premises, the premises must revert to their former use.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/596. Class DA was inserted into Part 4 by S.I. 2020/330 and amended by S.I. 2021/814. There are other amendments to Part 4 of Schedule 2 which are not relevant to these Regulations.