An Article 4 direction removes specified permitted development rights in a defined area,
so that changes which would normally be automatic instead need a full planning application.
For HMOs this usually means removing the right to convert a home (use class C3) to a small
HMO (C4).
The directions below for Rochdale are sourced from
planning.data.gov.uk;
coverage varies by council, so always verify with the local planning authority before relying on it.
Other Article 4 directions in Rochdale
Cromer Ring Mill, Jubilee Road, Middleton since 1980
Class B Part 2 - The formation, laying out and construction of a means of access to a highway which is not a trunk road or a classified road, where that access is required in connection with development permitted by any Class in this Schedule (other than by Class A of this Part)
Land adjacent 49 Lake Bank, Hollingworth Lake , Littleboroug since 1991
Class B Part 18 - Development on land used as an amusement park consisting of: (a) the erection of booths or stalls or the installation of plant or machinery to be used for or in connection with the entertainment of the public within the amusement park; or (b) the extension, plant or machinery so used
Land at Prickshaw, Croft Head and Broadley Fold since 1989
Class A Part 1 The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse, C, D and H Part 1 and Class A Part 2; Class C Part 1 - Any other alteration to the roof of a dwellinghouse; Class D Part 1 - The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of a dwellinghouse; Class H Part 1 - The ins…
Land at Prickshaw, Croft Head and Broadley Fold since 1989
Class A Part 6 - The carrying out on agricultural land comprised in an agricultural unit of 5 hectares or more in area of: (a) works for the erection, (b) any excavation or engineering operations
Site of Former Firgrove Mill, Rochdale Road, Rochdale since 1992
Class B Part 4 - The use of any land for any purpose for not more than 28 days in total in any calendar year, of which not more than 14 days in total may be for the purposes of: (a) the holding of a market; (b) motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed, and the provision on the land of any moveable str…
Spotland Stadium, Sandy lane. Rochdale since 1975
Class B Part 4 - The use of any land for any purpose for not more than 28 days in total in any calendar year, of which not more than 14 days in total may be for the purposes of: (a) the holding of a market; (b) motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed, and the provision on the land of any moveable str…
The HMO angle in Rochdale
Article 4 is only half the HMO picture — a scheme can be permitted-development-free and
still need a licence. See
HMO licensing in Rochdale
for the mandatory licence threshold, any additional or selective schemes in our records, and
the statutory minimum room sizes, or the
full Rochdale planning profile.
