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Article 4 direction

Article 4 Direction: launderettes to residential 2017

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CURIE article-4-direction:A4D-2017-LAUNDERETTE-TO-RESIDENTIAL no fact link
Prefix article-4-direction Facts about Prefix
Reference A4D-2017-LAUNDERETTE-TO-RESIDENTIAL Facts about Reference
Name Article 4 Direction: launderettes to residential 2017 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 2018-05-14 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 1 May 2017 (Cabinet decision of 27 March 2017), confirmed 3 May 2018 (seal dated 14 May 2018) and in force from 14 May 2018. Class M still permits launderette to dwellinghouse change of use, so the direction remains in effect. A fifteenth launderette, 16 Stamford Hill, was added by the January 2018 direction A4D-2018-RETAIL-LAUNDERETTE-TO-RESIDENTIAL. Document URL is the council's Cabinet report (NH N65) with the direction appended; sealed and confirmed direction (Google Drive, linked from the documentation page): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-cCuEA17HkS0u6mFpvlU1d4uYoCoDnlv; notice of confirmation: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-1IT1h4hLH_RnoCCJABEnaXkVzL-6Yon. UPRNs from OS Places. Facts about Notes
Description Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Class M permitted development right for change of use from launderette to dwellinghouses (C3), and associated building operations, at 14 launderettes outside conservation areas across the borough. Facts about Description
Document url https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s54056/270317%20NH%20N65%20LaundResidential.pdf Facts about Document url
Documentation url https://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policies-and-local-plan/article-4-directions#launderette-to-residential Facts about Documentation url

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        "notes": "Made 1 May 2017 (Cabinet decision of 27 March 2017), confirmed 3 May 2018 (seal dated 14 May 2018) and in force from 14 May 2018. Class M still permits launderette to dwellinghouse change of use, so the direction remains in effect. A fifteenth launderette, 16 Stamford Hill, was added by the January 2018 direction A4D-2018-RETAIL-LAUNDERETTE-TO-RESIDENTIAL. Document URL is the council's Cabinet report (NH N65) with the direction appended; sealed and confirmed direction (Google Drive, linked from the documentation page): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-cCuEA17HkS0u6mFpvlU1d4uYoCoDnlv; notice of confirmation: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-1IT1h4hLH_RnoCCJABEnaXkVzL-6Yon. UPRNs from OS Places.",
        "description": "Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Class M permitted development right for change of use from launderette to dwellinghouses (C3), and associated building operations, at 14 launderettes outside conservation areas across the borough.",
        "document-url": "https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s54056/270317%20NH%20N65%20LaundResidential.pdf",
        "documentation-url": "https://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policies-and-local-plan/article-4-directions#launderette-to-residential"
    }

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