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Housing: Planning Permission

Asked by David SmithLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 15 July 2026UIN 16737

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to ensuring equitable permitted development rights for homeowners for properties that were originally built with stepped rear elevations.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Under the householder permitted development rights (set out in The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) homeowners are able to extend and improve their homes and to erect outbuildings incidental to the main dwellinghouse without the need for a planning application. The rights are subject to certain conditions and limitations to minimise their impacts, including on local amenity.

We continue to keep permitted development rights under review.

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