Issue details

On 13 March 2019, the Cabinet of Crawley Borough Council approved the making of directions under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended). Detail of this decision is provided in Report PES314.

Following a 12 month notification period and having considered all representations made during consultation, it has been determined that the Article 4 Directions will come into force on 22 February 2021 in the following main employment areas:

- Lowfield Heath

- Maidenbower Business Park

- Tilgate Forest Business Centre

- Three Bridges Corridor (Denvale Trade Park/Spindle Way and Stephenson Way)

The Directions relate to the permitted development rights set out below. From the date they come into force, the Article 4 Directions remove these permitted development rights.

- Class O: Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class B1(a) (offices) of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of that Schedule and not being development comprised within any other Class.

- Class P: Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class B8 (storage & distribution centre) of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of that Schedule and not being development comprised within any other Class.

- Class PA: Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class B1(c) (light industrial) of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of that Schedule and not being development comprised within any other Class.