Article 4 direction
Article 4 Direction: flexible town centre uses (town centres) 2015
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| CURIE | article-4-direction:A4D-2015-FLEXIBLE-TOWN-CENTRE-USES | no fact link |
| Prefix | article-4-direction | Facts about Prefix |
| Reference | A4D-2015-FLEXIBLE-TOWN-CENTRE-USES | Facts about Reference |
| Name | Article 4 Direction: flexible town centre uses (town centres) 2015 | Facts about Name |
| Quality | Some: We have some data from an alternative source | no fact link |
| Dataset | Article 4 direction | no fact link |
| Organisation | London Borough of Hackney | no fact link |
| Start date | 2016-09-15 | Facts about Start date |
| End date | Facts about End date | |
| Entry date | 2026-09-10 | Facts about Entry date |
| Typology | legal-instrument | no fact link |
| Notes | Made 20 July 2015 (Cabinet decision LHR L13 of 22 June 2015) and confirmed 15 September 2016, when it came into force. No end date is recorded: Part 4 Class D still exists (substituted from 1 August 2021 to refer to Class E), although the use classes named in the direction were replaced by Class E on 1 September 2020, so the practical effect of the direction is uncertain. Document URL is the council's Cabinet report with the direction appended; sealed and confirmed direction (Local Plan examination document ED044): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-JgvkX0RIKSFd1xIMPaFwY7Mz_OYvC06. The direction is no longer described on the council's article 4 page. | Facts about Notes |
| Description | Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Part 4 Class D permitted development right for temporary (up to two years) flexible changes of use between shops, financial and professional services, restaurants and cafes, drinking establishments, hot food takeaways, business, non-residential institution, assembly and leisure, betting office and pay day loan shop uses in Hackney's town centres and local shopping centres. | Facts about Description |
| Document url | https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s43411/LHR%20L13_Flexible_Use_Cabinet_Report_FINAL.pdf | Facts about Document url |
| Documentation url | https://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policies-and-local-plan/article-4-directions#flexible-town-centre-uses | Facts about Documentation url |
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"notes": "Made 20 July 2015 (Cabinet decision LHR L13 of 22 June 2015) and confirmed 15 September 2016, when it came into force. No end date is recorded: Part 4 Class D still exists (substituted from 1 August 2021 to refer to Class E), although the use classes named in the direction were replaced by Class E on 1 September 2020, so the practical effect of the direction is uncertain. Document URL is the council's Cabinet report with the direction appended; sealed and confirmed direction (Local Plan examination document ED044): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-JgvkX0RIKSFd1xIMPaFwY7Mz_OYvC06. The direction is no longer described on the council's article 4 page.",
"description": "Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Part 4 Class D permitted development right for temporary (up to two years) flexible changes of use between shops, financial and professional services, restaurants and cafes, drinking establishments, hot food takeaways, business, non-residential institution, assembly and leisure, betting office and pay day loan shop uses in Hackney's town centres and local shopping centres.",
"document-url": "https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s43411/LHR%20L13_Flexible_Use_Cabinet_Report_FINAL.pdf",
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