The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2016
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2016/29 (W11) |
| Year | 2016 |
2016 No. 29 (W. 11)
Town And Country Planning, Wales
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2016
Made 13th January 2016
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 18th January 2016
Coming into force 25th February 2016
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 59, 60 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 19901and now exercisable by them2, make the following Order.
Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2016 and it comes into force on 25 February 2016.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 19953is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 3 of Schedule 2, after class G insert—
“Class H
Permitted Development
H. Development consisting of a change of use of a building to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation) of that Schedule.”
Carl Sargeant
Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers
13 January 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 ( S.I.1995/418) (“the GPDO”).
The GPDO grants planning permission for certain classes of development.
This Order amends Part 3 (changes of use) of Schedule 2 of the GPDO to give new permitted development rights. Those permitted development rights allow a change of use, so that buildings used as small scale houses in multiple occupation, shared by three to six people may subsequently be used as dwellinghouses.
The Regulatory Impact Assessment applicable to these Regulations is obtainable from the Welsh Government at: Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and on the Welsh Government website at www.gov.wales.
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