Holton - Article 4 Direction Confirmed (Removal of Permitted Development Rights)

PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT)

(ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED)

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION WITHOUT IMMEDIATE EFFECT - HOLTON

TAKE NOTICE that East Suffolk Council (“the Council”) on 7 July 2025 confirmed an Article 4 Direction made on 7 April 2025 under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The Article 4 Direction will come into force on 4 August 2025.

The Direction applies to development falling within the following classes of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and removes permitted development rights for this type of development: The development comprised of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F and Class G of Part 1 of Schedule 2; and Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

The Direction applies to all properties in the Holton Conservation Area.

The area covered by the Article 4 Direction can be viewed on the map attached to the Direction.

Development described in the First Schedule of the Direction shall not be carried out unless express planning permission is granted by East Suffolk Council on an application made to them.

A copy of this Direction and the map of the area to which it relates are available to view on the Council’s website:

https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/article-4-directions.

Paper copies can be posted out upon request to the Design and Heritage Team at heritage@eastsuffolk.gov.uk  or 01394 444610.

THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT)

(ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED)

DIRECTION MADE UNDER ARTICLE 4(1)

HOLTON CONSERVATION AREA

WHEREAS the Council of the District of East Suffolk being the appropriate Local Planning Authority within the meaning of Article 4(5) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (“the Order”) are satisfied that it is expedient that development of the descriptions set out in the First Schedule below should not be carried out within the area of land designated in the Second Schedule, such land being outlined in red on the plan annexed hereto, unless permission is granted on an application made under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended.

NOW THEREFORE in pursuance of the power conferred on them by Article 4(1) of the Order HEREBY DIRECT that the permission granted by Article 3 of the Order shall not apply to the development specified in the First Schedule in respect of the area of land specified in the Second Schedule.

This Direction may be cited as the East Suffolk Council (Holton Conservation Area) Article 4 Direction 2025.

For the purposes of this Direction the expression “relevant location” (wherever it may appear) shall mean a highway, waterway or open space.

FIRST SCHEDULE

(a) The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse, being the development comprised of Class A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order where any part of the enlargement, improvement or other alterations would front a relevant location.

(b) The enlargement or alteration of a dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof, being the development comprised of Class B and Class C of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order where any such alteration would be to a roof slope which fronts a relevant location.

(c) The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of a dwellinghouse, being the development comprised within Class D of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order where any such alteration would front a relevant location.

(d) The provision within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse of any building or enclosure, swimming or other pool required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, or the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of such a building or enclosure; or a container used for domestic heating purposes for the storage of oil or liquid petroleum gas, being the development comprised within Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order, where the building or enclosure, swimming or other pool to be provided would front a relevant location or where the part of the building or enclosure maintained, improved or altered would front a relevant location.

(e) The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such; or the replacement in whole or in part of such a surface, being the development comprised within Class F of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order where the hard surface would front a relevant location.

(f) The installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe on a dwellinghouse, being the development comprised within Class G of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order where any such alteration would be to a wall or roof slope which fronts a relevant location.

(g) The erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure, being the development comprised within Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Order where the erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure would be within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse and would front a relevant location.

SECOND SCHEDULE

FOR THE ROADS AND DETAILS PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE NOTICE (pdf format) SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

THIS DIRECTION is made under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (“the Order”) on 7th April 2025 and confirmed on 7th July 2025 in accordance with paragraphs 1(9) and (10) of Schedule 3 of the Order.

The direction comes into force on 4th August 2025.