Planning Permission Exempted Developments
Recently some Local Authorities have adopted a procedure of including in Planning Permissions for high density housing developments, a condition prohibiting the carrying out of Exempted Development without obtaining Planning Permission, for example some high density town house developments.
The attention of practitioners is drawn to article II (1) (a) (i) of the Exempted Development Regulations S.I. 65/1977 which provides that a development as described in the schedule to the Regulations shall not be an exempted development if it would contravene a condition attached to a Planning Permission. Accordingly, before a particular development can be certified as being an exempted development, regard should be had to any existing Planning Permission relating to the property.