Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that offices converted into flats through permitted development rights meet planning permission regulations.
All new homes in England, whether granted permission through a national permitted development right or following a planning application, are required to meet Building Regulations.
Developments granted permission through permitted development rights are required to meet the conditions set out in the General Permitted Development Order.