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Technical consultation on consequential changes to permitted development rights From: Summary A consultation on proposed consequential changes to national permitted development rights following the changes to use classes from 1 September 2020. This consultation closes at Consultation description The government reformed the Use Classes Order from 1 September 2020 to establish new uses classes. These changes include the creation of a new broad Commercial, Business and Servic...

The former Wardleworths closed in 2019 PROPOSALS to turn the former Wardleworths bookshop into an eatery do not require permission due to a government amendment to planning classes of use. The Star reported after plans were drawn up for the empty unit on Westfield Street at which the bookshop had been based for 40 years. Wardleworths closed its doors for the final time in August 2019 with the premises having been vacant ever since. Proposals to turn the unit into a "restaurant/cafe" wer...

Practice note 1: England only: definition of dwelling and basis of valuation for Council Tax 1. Introduction The Local Government Finance Act (LGFA) 1992 requires the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (now HMRC) to carry out valuations of dwellings in England and Wales for the purposes of compiling and maintaining valuation lists (sections 20-23), and specifies bands within which dwellings are to be placed (Section 5). The Act also requires that a similar valuation exercise be carried...