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National Trust calls for new permitted development rules to be scrapped
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The National Trust has called for the government to scrap a planned expansion of permitted development rights, warning that it risks causing ‘long-term damage to the economy, communities and the built environment’
Changes to planning rules mean shops, restaurants, health facilities, nurseries, offices and light industrial buildings are now all counted as Use Class E, and planning permission is no longer required to change between these building uses.
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And from August developers will be able to change the use of any empty Class E building into housing without consent (
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Matt Hancock, Priti Patel and one of Boris Johnson s top advisers have been accused of cronyism BORIS Johnson’s government has been engulfed by fresh accusations of cronyism and corruption over the dishing out of coronavirus contracts. One of the Prime Minister’s longest-serving advisers approved a £187 million taxpayer-backed loan for a property developer he was being paid by, it has been reported. The Sunday Times said Lord Udny-Lister authorised the loan made by Homes England, the affordable housing agency he was chairing, for Delancey in 2019. The report follows hot on the heels of accusations made against senior UK Government ministers Priti Patel and Matt Hancock.