Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63619 on Permitted Development Rights, which local authorities have issued Article 4 directions to remove the Class E change of use rights.

46 local authorities have issued Article 4 directions for part of their area to remove the permitted development right which enables buildings in the Class E Commercial, Business and Service use class to change to residential use. These are:

City of London

Westminster

Kensington and Chelsea

Lambeth

Wandsworth

Camden

Tower Hamlets

Hackney

Islington

Windsor and Maidenhead

Bromley

Hillingdon

Kingston upon Thames

Richmond

Redbridge

Old Oak Common

Waltham Forest

Greenwich

Lewisham

Hammersmith and Fulham

Hounslow

Bexley

Broxbourne

Crawley

Manchester

Norwich

Milton Keynes

Harlow

Reading

Luton

Brighton and Hove

Rushmoor

Hertsmere

Stevenage

Three Rivers

Sefton

Dacorum

Welwyn and Hatfield

Waverley

North Hertfordshire

Watford

Colchester

Southwark

Brent

Tunbridge Wells

Basingstoke and Deane