Change UK MPs demand halt to permitted development conversions

By Hamish Champ2019-07-08T05:00:00

Breakaway MP group urges communities secretary to halt practice of flipping commercial office space into ‘substandard housing’

A group of MPs has called on the government to rein in the conversion of commercial properties into what they call substandard housing through permitted development rights’ rules, six years after the legislation was introduced.

Permitted development rights (PDRs) were introduced in 2013 in part to allow residents to carry out home improvements without the need to go through time-consuming planning sessions.

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