tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post6401012335895491425..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Permitted development - office to residentialMartin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-67406076181078253092014-02-12T12:34:15.414+00:002014-02-12T12:34:15.414+00:00My apologies for the delay in moderating the comme...My apologies for the delay in moderating the comment from John submitted on 31/01/14. The precise identification of the existing planning unit and its current use is crucial to this question. A building or part of a building used as an office only comes within Use Class B1(a) if it is in itself a separate planning unit used exclusively for that purpose, i.e. if it is both physically and functionally separate from the farm (to use the example given) or other premises.<br /><br />If, as seems very likely, the office is simply an ancillary part of a larger use – as a farm or for some other industrial or commercial purpose, then the use of the office will either be a part of that larger use (e.g. an agricultural use, a B2 use or a use falling within other parts of Class B1, or quite possibly a <i>sui generis</i> mixed use). In any of these cases, the PD right enabling a change of use from Class B1(a) (office) to C3 (residential) does <i>not</i> apply.<br />Martin H Goodallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-19281277204993847252014-01-31T08:46:28.850+00:002014-01-31T08:46:28.850+00:00i was told by my LPA that under Class J of the TCP...i was told by my LPA that under Class J of the TCPA 2013 only the change of use of land with a primary use of B1(a) office to C3 residential is a permitted development, (the office is a seperate building but the site is B8) however i can find nothing in Class J to support this claim and i understood this development was bought in to releases unoccupied offices (above shops etc) into use, how would this affect several empty b1a offices on a farm for instance?johnnoreply@blogger.com