An Article 4 Direction is a special planning regulation adopted by a Local Planning Authority to provide additional powers of planning control in a particular location. It operates by removing some of the "Permitted Development" rights over certain specified classes of minor alterations and extensions, such as porches, replacement of windows and doors and painting of the exterior of a building. Usually these Directions only relate to those facades of the building facing onto a street or public footpath or open space, but sometimes they cover alterations and extensions at the rear or developments such as sheds in back gardens.
The effect of these Article 4 Directions is that planning permission is required for these minor developments that would otherwise not require an application for planning permission. This enables the council to control these minor developments so as to ensure that they accord with its policies to protect the character of a Conservation Area or the visual amenities of other areas and prevent developments that do not accord with those policies.
The Article 4 Directions and Regulation 7 Directions in Bath and North East Somerset are listed below:
Bath Central Area Office to Dwelling Article 4 Direction 2019
Regulation 7 Direction Bath Conservation Area controlling the display of estate agents' boards 2016
City of Bath HMO Article 4 Direction 2013
Warleigh Wood Article 4 Direction 2010 (with Seal)
Bath Conservation Area Demolition of walls Article 4 Direction 1995
Swainswick Valley Article 4 Direction 1993
Showground London Road West Lambridge Bath Article 4 Direction 1980
Land adjacent Twerton Park Football Ground Bath Article 4 Direction 1980
Land at Keynsham Article 4 Direction 1975
Land at Monkton Combe Article 4 Direction 1975
You can also view the Article 4 Directions and search for properties on the Council’s mapping website. View the Article 4 Directions Map.
Last updated: 3 May 2019