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Article 4 direction
Article 4 Direction: office to residential (exemption area) 2018
About this entity
| Fact links | ||
|---|---|---|
| CURIE | article-4-direction:A4D-2018-OFFICE-TO-RESIDENTIAL-EXEMPTION-AREA | no fact link |
| Prefix | article-4-direction | Facts about Prefix |
| Reference | A4D-2018-OFFICE-TO-RESIDENTIAL-EXEMPTION-AREA | Facts about Reference |
| Name | Article 4 Direction: office to residential (exemption area) 2018 | 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 | 2019-04-08 | Facts about Start date |
| End date | 2022-07-31 | Facts about End date |
| Entry date | 2026-09-10 | Facts about Entry date |
| Typology | legal-instrument | no fact link |
| Notes | Made 12 March 2018 (Cabinet decision of 19 February 2018) and confirmed 8 April 2019 (Cabinet decision of 25 March 2019), when it came into force. End date: Class O was revoked from 1 August 2021 and, under article 15(3) of SI 2021/428, article 4 directions withdrawing Class O continued to apply to the equivalent Class MA development only until 31 July 2022; the direction has had no effect since. Class E to residential change of use in Hackney is now controlled by the 2022 directions (A4D-2022-*). Document URL is the council's Cabinet report with the direction appended; the sealed copy formerly published on hackney.gov.uk is no longer online. The direction is no longer described on the council's article 4 page. | Facts about Notes |
| Description | Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Class O permitted development right for change of use from offices (B1(a)) to dwellinghouses (C3) in the former government exemption area covering Shoreditch, Hoxton, Dalston and Hackney Central, and the De Beauvoir priority industrial area. | Facts about Description |
| Document url | https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s59333/Article_4_Exemption_Area_Cabinet_Report.pdf | Facts about Document url |
| Documentation url | https://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policies-and-local-plan/article-4-directions#office-to-residential-exemption-area | Facts about Documentation url |
Contents
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"notes": "Made 12 March 2018 (Cabinet decision of 19 February 2018) and confirmed 8 April 2019 (Cabinet decision of 25 March 2019), when it came into force. End date: Class O was revoked from 1 August 2021 and, under article 15(3) of SI 2021/428, article 4 directions withdrawing Class O continued to apply to the equivalent Class MA development only until 31 July 2022; the direction has had no effect since. Class E to residential change of use in Hackney is now controlled by the 2022 directions (A4D-2022-*). Document URL is the council's Cabinet report with the direction appended; the sealed copy formerly published on hackney.gov.uk is no longer online. The direction is no longer described on the council's article 4 page.",
"description": "Non-immediate direction withdrawing the Class O permitted development right for change of use from offices (B1(a)) to dwellinghouses (C3) in the former government exemption area covering Shoreditch, Hoxton, Dalston and Hackney Central, and the De Beauvoir priority industrial area.",
"document-url": "https://hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s59333/Article_4_Exemption_Area_Cabinet_Report.pdf",
"documentation-url": "https://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policies-and-local-plan/article-4-directions#office-to-residential-exemption-area"
}© Crown copyright and database right 2026
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