Spelthorne - Town And Country Planning General Permitted Development

SPELTHORNE BOROUGH COUNCIL
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND) 2015 (AS AMENDED)

PUBLIC NOTICE 

Notice is HERBY GIVEN that Spelthorne Borough Council has made a Direction (‘the Direction’) under Article 4 (1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As amended) (‘GPDO’).

The Direction withdraws permitted development rights granted by Class L (b) in Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the GDPO for development consisting of a change of use of a building falling within Use Class C3 (dwelling houses) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, to a use falling within C4 (houses in multiple occupation) of that Schedule.
The effect of the Direction is that once it comes into force, permitted development rights for this type of development are withdrawn and that a grant of planning permission will therefore be required for a change of use of a building from a use within Class C3 of the Use Classes Order to a use within Class C4 of the Use Classes Order, in the areas specified below. The Direction relates to all land and buildings within the Wards of:

1. Stanwell North
2. Ashford North & Stanwell South
3. Staines 

The Direction and map defining the areas to which it relates can be viewed online at: https://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/21892/ Article-4-Directions 

The Direction and map defining the area to which it relates can also be viewed at Spelthorne Borough Council, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thamnes, TW18 1XB, Stanwell Library, Hadrian Way, Stanwell, TW19 7HF & Staines Library, Friends Walk, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4PG, during the relevant opening hours. 

In accordance with the GDPO, it is proposed that the direction shall come into force on 29 August 2025.

If you wish to comment on this Article 4 comments will need to be submitted to art4.planning@spelthorne.gov.uk or in writing to the Council Offices at the above address by no later than 14 October 2024