Article 4 Direction Order

You can perform certain types of work without needing to apply for planning permission. These are called “permitted development rights”. However, the local planning authority may have removed some of your permitted development rights by issuing an ‘Article 4’ direction. This will mean that you have to submit a planning application for work which normally…

Planning Permission and Copyright

If you decide to buy a piece of land which benefits from planning permission you are allowed to implement that permission, in other words it does not belong in any sense to the person who applied for it. However, you need to be very careful if you intend to make use of the drawings which…