Skip to content

Issue - meetings

Confirmation of the Office to Residential Article 4 Direction for the Central Activities Zone

Meeting: 17/01/2019 - Executive (Item 578)

578 Confirmation of the Office to Residential Article 4 Direction for the Central Activities Zone pdf icon PDF 210 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS

Reason for decision – as specified in the report.

Other options considered - none.

Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none

Minutes:

Councillor Shaikh introduced the report advising that the permitted development rights to allow offices to change to residential not only has a very detrimental impact on jobs, it also means that the landlords of the new residential properties do not have to provide any affordable housing.  It is therefore very important that we withdraw the right where possible and do all we can to protect jobs.

 

RESOLVED:

 

2.1     That confirmation of the Article 4 Direction on or after 20 March 2019,
          which will withdraw the permitted development right which allows
          B1(a) office units to change to C3 residential use without planning
          permission, be agreed.  That the Direction covers Islington’s portion of
          the Central Activities Zone (as indicated on the plan at Appendix 1 to
          the report), be agreed.

 

Reason for decision – to protect jobs, to accommodate expected future growth and to ensure that the CAZ maintains its status as a competitive and internationally important business location.

Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report.

Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none