i will soon be preparing a planning application for the following scenario and i am just wondering what is involved.
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A 2 storey premises which is in a small town is fronting onto a footpath and public roadway in the center of the town.
The front elevation consists of:
Left hand side: a shop window and door
middle: door leading to hallway for apartments
right hand side: a shop window and door
The sides of the building are right up to the boundaries also.
There is very little openspace associated with the property only a small back yard.
This 2 storey building has been used in the following way previously:
upstairs: living accomodation (2 no. apartments)
downstairs: video shop on one side and offices on the other
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Now here is the trick bit, if u have managed to understand the above
–The owner has now opened up a restaurant in the downstairs portion of the building without planning permission.
i believe the path to regularising this situation will involve:
a fire cert
an application for retention of the material change of use
is this correct?