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/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Public houses can still provide a great opportunity for residential development, such as for flats or for HMOs and can provide an opportunity for tired vendors and publicans to ‘retire’

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} It can be very easy to become fixed on a design or wedded to a particular outcome in planning applications. Much time (and money) will be spent by the client

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} In this month’s article, we look at a recent approval in which we obtained Class MA Prior Approval in the London Borough of Hackney, with an Article 4 Direction due

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} In 2021, the Government made several significant changes to the permitted development regime, opening up the prospect of new permitted development (PD) rights, especially through the introduction of Class MA

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} PD and prior approval rights to change from commercial to residential use are widely-known about in the property industry, certainly much more so than in 2013, when first introduced.  Although

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Class MA permitted development applications are often seen as an ‘easy win’ by many developers.  However, this route to obtaining consent for commercial to residential development is often grossly underestimated

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The area of serviced accommodation has been an attractive and innovative area for developers and investors for many years, often being a catalyst for bespoke property education courses focussing on

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 26-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} As we come to the end of a turbulent year economically and politically, it is a time when many of us will be kicking back to take a well-earned break

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 26-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Amongst all of the ‘doom and gloom’ regarding the UK’s economic performance, cost of living and rising interest rates, many in the SME development community are still finding and exploiting

/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 26-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Our Town and Country Planning system is built on the workings of local democracy, with the principle that, save for notable exceptions in permitted development, local bodies and neighbours should