Application schema

Prior approval: Commercial, business and service use to dwellinghouses

Prior approval for a change of use from Commercial, Business and Service use (Use Class E) to dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) under Class MA.

Details

• Application: cho-commercial-to-dwh
• Extends: prior-approval

  This means it inherits all modules from the prior-approval base type application

• Entry date: 2026-09-17
• Legislation:
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/3

Fields

These fields are captured at application level before the application-specific modules.

• Submission details:

  Details about the submitted payload, including how it is identified, routed, validated, handled and traced

  Reference: submission-details

  Required: True

Modules

This application uses the following modules. Each module groups fields that collect a related set of information.

• Agent contact details (agent-contact)Inherited from prior-approval

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Agent details (agent-details)Inherited from prior-approval

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Agricultural tenancy consent (agricultural-tenancy-consent)

  Whether land is occupied under agricultural tenancy agreements and all parties have consented to the proposed change of use.

• Applicant contact details (applicant-contact)Inherited from prior-approval

  Telephone number and email address of the applicant.

• Applicant details (applicant-details)Inherited from prior-approval

  Name and contact information for the parties making the application.

• Checklist (checklist)Inherited from prior-approval

  Checking whether all the requirements of the form have been met, such as proof of payment or supporting documentation.

• Conflict of interest (conflict-of-interest)Inherited from prior-approval

  Details of any conflict of interest that may exist between the applicant and planning authority.

• Declaration (declaration)Inherited from prior-approval

  Signed and dated verification of the application's accuracy.

• Existing building premises (existing-building-premises)

  Addresses of flats and other premises within the existing building, supplied as a structured list or in supporting documents.

• Class MA current building and site eligibility (ma-building-eligibility)

  The qualifying use history and location restrictions of the existing building and site for a Class MA change of use from commercial, business and service use to dwellinghouses.

• Class MA proposed change eligibility (ma-proposal-eligibility)

  Article 4 restrictions, space standards and continued residential use for a proposed Class MA change of use from commercial, business and service use to dwellinghouses.

• Class MA proposed works and impacts (ma-works-impacts)

  The proposed development, net increase in dwellinghouses and impacts and risks associated with a Class MA change of use to dwellinghouses.

• Site details (site-details)Inherited from prior-approval

  Where the proposed development will be built.

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