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Permitted Development Rights: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Class MA permitted development rights on the retention of commercial premises in rural and coastal areas.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
1 Apr 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Class MA permitted development rights on the retention of commercial premises in rural and coastal areas.

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Where it is felt that it is necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area, the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction.Between 16 December 2025 an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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