Impact assessment

Extending permitted development rights for homeowners and businesses

Impact assessment on measures to extend permitted development rights for extensions for homeowners and businesses.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

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Extending permitted development rights for homeowners and businesses: impact assessment

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Assessment of the impact of measures to extend permitted development rights for homeowners and businesses. The measures being taken forward will allow, for a period of 3 years, homeowners to build larger single storey extensions and also increase the thresholds for extensions to retail premises, offices and new industrial buildings. For the new larger home extensions a neighbours’ consultation scheme is being introduced.

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Published 9 May 2013

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