Article 4 Directions
An Article 4 Direction (A4D) is part of planning legislation that allows the council to remove permitted development rights including changes of use from an area or a particular property in certain limited situations where it is necessary to protect local amenity or the well being of an area.
An Article 4 Direction does not prevent the development to which it applies, but instead requires that planning permission is first obtained from the council for that development.
Permitted development (PD) rights are a national grant of planning permission which allow certain works and change of use to be carried out without having to make a planning application under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the Order”). These rights can be withdrawn under Article 4(1) of the order if there is a justification for both its purpose and extent.
The Article 4 Directions on this page refer to a change of use of properties, and are not in relation to works to a dwelling house in conservation areas that have Article 4 Directions. Please see St Mark’s conservation area or De Beauvoir conservation area for more information.
Article 4 Directions – commercial, business and service use to residential
Article 4 Directions relating to the change of use from commercial, business and service use to residential.
Brownswood, Beck Road and Well Street Conservation Areas
We have made a number of non-immediate Article 4 Directions over the following conservation areas in order to remove certain permitted development rights:
- Brownswood Conservation Area, as designated on 24 February 2020
- Beck Road Conservation Area, as designated on 19 July 2021
- Well Street Conservation Area, as designated on 19 July 2021
The Directions remove various permitted development rights under Schedule 2, Part 1, Development within the curtilage of a dwelling house, Schedule 2, Part 2, Minor Operations, and Schedule 2, Part 14 Renewable Energy of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended. See individual directions for full details of the permitted development rights that are removed.
Brownswood Conservation Area and Well Street Conservation Area
Date made: 9 May 2024
Effective from: 9 May 2025
Beck Road Conservation Area
Date made: 28 May 2024
Effective from: 28 May 2025
See Brownswood Conservation Area Article 4 Direction – Notice of Making (PDF 286kb)
See Brownwood Conservation Area – Map of Article 4 Direction Area (PDF 8mb)
See Well Street Conservation Area Article 4 Direction – Notice of Making (PDF 285kb)
See Well Street Conservation Area – Map of Article 4 Direction Area (PDF 5mb)
See Beck Road Conservation Area Article 4 Direction -Notice of Making (PDF 310kb)
See Beck Road Conservation Area – Map of Article 4 Direction Area (PDF 2.8mb)
Shacklewell Green conservation area
We have made a non-immediate Article 4 Direction over part of the Shacklewell Green Conservation Area, as designated 19 February 2018, to remove certain permitted development rights.
The direction applies to the following properties:
- April Street numbers 1 to 14 (all)
- Perch Street numbers 1 to 25 (all)
- Seal Street numbers 1 to 36 (all)
- Shacklewell Lane numbers 97 to 129 (odd), 1 to 18 Milton House Mansions (all)
The Direction removes permitted development rights under Schedule 2, Part 1, Development within the curtilage of a dwelling house, Classes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and Schedule 2, Part 2, Minor Operations, Classes A, B, C of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.
Date made: 30 August 2018. Effective from: 22 October 2019.
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Launderette to residential
We’ve made an Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights for change of use from launderettes to C3 (dwellinghouses) permitted under Class M of Part 3 of schedule 2 of the GPDO.
Date made: 1 May 2017. Effective from: 14 May 2018.
The Direction applies to launderettes at the following locations:
- 50 Matthias Road
- 6 Felton Street
- 6 Gilpin Road
- 253 Amhurst Road
- 29 Marsh Hill
- 20B Pitfield Street
- 88 Stoke Newington High Street
- 6-7 Downs Court Parade, Amhurst Road
- 234 Haggerston Road
- 112 Upper Clapton Road
- 94 Chatsworth Road
- 202 Well Street
- 195 Mount Pleasant lane
- 94 Weymouth Terrace
- 16 Stamford Hill – effective from 11 February 2019
The permitted development right does not apply to Article 2(3) land (ie. a conservation area) – so launderettes located in conservation areas have been excluded from the list above.
- Article 4 Direction – launderettes to residential use (14 May 2018)
- maps – launderettes to residential use
- Cabinet report for the issue of the A4D – launderettes to residential use (March 2017)
- site notice for the confirmation of the A4D – launderettes to residential use
Storage and distribution to residential use
We’ve made a non-immediate Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights for change of use from Class B8 (storage and distribution) to C3 (dwellinghouses) permitted under Class P of Part 3 of schedule 2 of the GPDO.
Date made: 1 May 2017. Effective from: 14 May 2018.
This Direction applies to the whole of the London borough of Hackney.
- Article 4 Direction – storage and distribution to residential use (14 May 2018)
- map – storage and distribution to residential use
- cabinet report for the issue of the A4D – storage and distribution to residential use (March 2017)
- site notice for the confirmation of the A4D – storage and distribution to residential use
The Chesham Arms Public House, 15 Mehetabel Road, London, E9 6DU
The council has made an immediate Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights which would allow the change the use at The Chesham Arms Public House at 15 Mehetabel Road, London, E9 6DU falling within Class A4 (drinking establishment) to a Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services) or Class A3 (café and restaurant).
Date made: 4 March 2015. Effective from: 4 March 2015.
The change of use referred to above presents an immediate threat to local amenity or prejudices the proper planning of the area. The Article 4 Direction means that a planning application must now be submitted for all proposed changes of use at the property to allow the council to assess the impacts that a change of use would have on the site. A consultation period ran between 4 March and 17 April 2015.
A decision was made at cabinet on 20 July 2015 for the direction to be confirmed and the direction was confirmed 2 September 2015.
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