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Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Storage or Distribution Buildings
(Class B8) and any land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouses (Class C3)
1. Developer Name and Address 2. Agent Name and Address
Title: First name:
Last name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
Address 3:
Town:
County:
Country:
Postcode:
Title: First name:
Last name:
House
name:
Unit:
Company
(optional):
House
name:
Unit:
Company
(optional):
Address 1:
Address 2:
Address 3:
Town:
County:
Country:
Postcode:
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House
suffix:
Publication of notifications on planning authority websites
Please note that the information provided on this notification and in supporting documents may be published on the Authority’s website. If you
require any further clarification, please contact the Authority’s planning department.
Please note: You need to download the form to complete it electronically. Please complete using block capitals and black ink if sending by
post.
Unit:
Building number:
Building name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
Address 3:
Postcode:
Address 4:
Building suffix:
Please provide the full postal address of the application site.
3. Site Address Details
House
suffix:
House
number:
House
number:
After changing to a residential use, existing permitted development rights for dwelling houses (Class C3) will not apply.
*The new right does not apply in National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Broads and World Heritage Sites, Listed Buildings or land within
the curtilage of Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments, or in Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Safety Hazard Areas and Military Explosives Storage Areas.
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Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class P
Development consisting of a change of use of a building (up to 500m2 of floor space) to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of
the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class B8 (storage or distribution buildings) of that Schedule*
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Please describe the proposed development, including relevant information covering transport and highways impacts of the
development, air quality impacts on intended occupiers, noise impacts of the development, risks of contamination, flooding, and the
impact the change of use would have on existing industrial uses and or storage or distribution uses:
4. Description of the Proposed Development
5. Agricultural Tenancy
Is the site under an agricultural tenancy?
If yes, have you obtained consent from both the landlord and the tenant?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Name Of Landlord Agricultural Tenant Address Date Consent Received
What is the gross floor space of the existing building:
What is the total floor space to be changed to residential, if different from the above?
Development is not permitted if the gross floor space of the existing building exceeds 500 square metres
m2
m2
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8. Declaration
I/we hereby apply for prior approval as described in this notification and the accompanying plans/drawings and additional information. I/
we confirm that, to the best of my/our knowledge, any facts stated are true and accurate and any opinions given are the genuine opinions
of the person(s) giving them.
(date cannot be
pre-application)
Signed - Developer: Or signed - Agent: Date (DD/MM/YYYY):
Country code:
National number:
Extension
number:
Country code:
Mobile number (optional):
Country code:
Fax number (optional):
Email address:
Country code:
National number:
Extension
number:
Country code:
Mobile number (optional):
Country code:
Fax number (optional):
Email address:
Telephone numbers
10. Agent Contact Details
Telephone numbers
9. Developer Contact Details
A plan indicating the site and showing the proposed development. A
plan drawn to an identified scale will assist the authority in assessing your
development proposal. Plans can be bought from one of our accredited
suppliers using our
All sections of this notification completed in full, dated
and signed (typed signature if sent electronically).
7. Checklist
Please read the following checklist to make sure you have sent all the information in support of your proposal. Failure to submit all
information required could result in your notification being deemed invalid. It will not be considered valid until all information required by
the Local Planning Authority has been submitted. Please note that as part of this procedure, if any objections are received the Local
Planning Authority may require submission of further information at a later date.
(www.planningportal.co.uk/buyaplan)
The correct fee
A statement setting out the evidence to demonstrate that the building
was used solely for storage or distribution centre use on the 19th March
2014 and the building was used solely for storage or distribution centre use
for a period of at least 4 years.
6. Eligibility
Was the building last used or in use as storage or distribution (Class B8) on or before 19th March 2014?
This includes former businesses in an office use (Class B1) or general industrial (Class B2) buildings that have changed use to storage or
distribution (Class B8) use under existing permitted development rights, provided that they were in such uses on 19th March 2014.
Yes No Don't know
If you have answered No to this question, you cannot seek prior approval for change of use to residential.
If you have answered Don't Know to this question, the LPA may request further information.
Was the building in B8 use for a period of a least 4 years before the date development begins?
Yes No Don't know
If you have answered No to this question, you cannot seek prior approval for change of use to residential.
If you have answered Don't know to this question, the LPA may request further information.
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