Senior Lib Dem calls for permitted development rights review

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2024

A review of permitted development rights (PDRs) should take place before reforms are introduced to make it easier to convert commercial buildings or units into homes, a senior Lib Dem has said.

Lib Dem spokesperson for housing in the House of Lords, Baroness Thornhill, told The MJ PDRs had ‘gone too far already with no real evaluation of success thus far’.

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