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Known Article 4 Lookup Table
There is no centralised database of all of the Council’s with Article 4 Directions in England. This list represents the Article 4 Directions we know about within England and the allowances removed. THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST and will be updated as new directions become known to us. This table is for reference only.
This table was updated on 2 August 2021 to reflect the alterations permitted development stemming from Class MA coming into force on the 1st August 2021
| Council | Class N – Specified Sui-Generis Uses to C3 | Class M – Takeaway to C3 | Class L – House to HMO and back again | Class MA – Commercial, Business, Service (Class E) to C3 | Class AA – Dwellings above detached mixed use commercial buildings | Class AB – Dwellings above terraced mixed use commercial buildings | Class ZA – Demolition of Commercial and Rebuild to Residential | |
| Ashford District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | Yes | |||||||
| Bedford Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| BCP Council | All of Bournemouth and Talbot Village Poole | |||||||
| Bracknell Forest Council | ||||||||
| Brighton and Hove City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Bristol City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Canterbury City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Charnwood Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Cheshire West and Cheshire | Yes | |||||||
| City of London | Offices Only | |||||||
| City of York | Yes | |||||||
| Cornwall Council | Yes | |||||||
| Coventry City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Crawley Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Croydon Council | Yes | |||||||
| Dacorum Borough Council | Hemel Hempstead Town Centre Only | |||||||
| Daventry District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Doncaster Council | Yes | |||||||
| Durham County Council | Yes | |||||||
| East Hampshire District Council | ||||||||
| Epsom & Ewell Borough Council | ||||||||
| Elmbridge Borough Council | ||||||||
| Exeter City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Great Yarmouth Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Hastings Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Hart District Council | ||||||||
| Harlow Council | Yes | |||||||
| Harrogate Borough Council | ||||||||
| Hull City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Leeds City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Leicester City Council | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Barnet | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Brent | Complex set of 4 Article 4 directions covering Town Centres, Employment Site Allocations and Specific Industrial Areas. | Specific Industrial areas and Employment Site Allocations. | ||||||
| London Borough of Bromley | ||||||||
| London Borough of Hackney | ||||||||
| London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | ||||||||
| London Borough of Haringey | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Havering | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Hillingdon | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Hounslow | Yes | |||||||
| London Borough of Islington | ||||||||
| London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | Yes – Launderettes Only | Proposed Whole Borough | ||||||
| London Borough of Kingston | Specified roads only | |||||||
| London Borough of Lambeth | London Plan Central Activities Zone | |||||||
| London Borough of Redbridge | ||||||||
| London Borough of Richmond | Specific sites only | |||||||
| London Borough of Spelthorne | ||||||||
| London Borough of Southwark | Central Activities Zone Railway Arches Town centres New Southwark Plan Site Allocations Strategic Protected Industrial Land Shopping frontages | Central Activities Zone Town centres New Southwark Plan Site Allocations Strategic Protected Industrial Land | ||||||
| London Borough of Wandsworth | Specific Roads and Buildings Only | |||||||
| Lincoln City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Manchester City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Maidstone Borough Council | ||||||||
| Milton Keynes Council | Yes | |||||||
| Mole Valley District Council | ||||||||
| Newcastle-under-Lyme Council | Yes | |||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Nottingham City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Oxford City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Plymouth City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Portsmouth City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Preston City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Reading Borough Council | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | Yes | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | town centre, district and local centres, core employment areas and a number of other commercial areas | |
| Rother District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Sheffield City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Southampton City Council | Yes | |||||||
| South Somerset District Council | Yes | |||||||
| South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Stevenage Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Sunderland City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Tendring District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Thanet District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Warwick District Council | Yes | |||||||
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| Waveney District Council | Yes | |||||||
| West Lancashire District Council | Yes | |||||||
| West Northamptonshire Council – Northampton Borough Council | Yes | |||||||
| West Oxfordshire District Council | ||||||||
| Welwyn Hatfield Council | Yes | |||||||
| Winchester City Council | Yes | |||||||
| Worcester City Council | Yes | |||||||