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Erewash - Multiple Planning Applications
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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015
DIRECTION MADE UNDER ARTICLE 4(1)
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ARTICLE 4(1) DIRECTION
NOTICE is hereby given that Erewash Borough Council being the appropriate local planning authority pursuant to a Council Executive resolution of the 24 th February 2026 confirmed a non-immediate Article 4(1) Direction on the 5 th March 2026, under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended (“ the Order”).
Description of the development and the area to which the Direction applies
The Direction applies to the development set out in the Schedule below and to the land within the areas shown edged with a red line on the plans in the Direction comprising the whole of Ilkeston urban area, and the majority of the Long Eaton urban area, including parts of Sandiacre and Sawley.
Statement of effect of the Direction
The effect of the Direction is that permission granted by Article 4 of the Order shall not apply to the development specified in the Schedule below. This means that planning permission will be required to change a dwellinghouse use to use as a house in multiple occupation once the direction is in force.
Date that the Direction will come into force
The Direction is made under Article 4(1) of the Order and shall come into force on 6th March 2027.
Schedule
Development consisting of a change of use of a building from a use within Class CB (dwellinghouse) of Schedule 1 to the Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) to a use within Class C4 (house in multiple occupation) of Schedule 1 being development within Class L(b) of Part 3 to Schedule 2 of the Order and not being development within any other class.
To see the Direction
A copy of the Direction and maps of the defined areas can be viewed:
• on the Council’s Website: https://www.erewash.gov.uk/planning/planning-information/article-4-direction-houses-multiple-occupation
• and at the following locations during opening hours;
-Town Hall, Derby Road, Long Eaton, NG10 1HU
-Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5RP
Steve Birkinshaw, Head of Planning and Regeneration
Dated 14th May 2026
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