Lib Dems 2014: ‘Perverse’ residential conversion rules are destroying jobs, says Cable
Author: John Geoghegan, Planning Resource |
Speaking yesterday at a Liberal Democrat conference fringe event, hosted by think tank Localis, Cable said the new rules, in which offices and shops can change use into housing without the need for planning permission, was leading to “unbalanced development”.
Cable, MP for Twickenham, said the permitted development rights, which he said communities secretary Eric Pickles had “brought in”, were a result of a “recentralisation of some decision-making” on planning and a “particularly bad example of central imposition”.