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008			050215n2005 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u128809
100			_aWarren, R.
245			_aMezzanine floor outbreak - a practical reality?
260			_c2005
490			_aJournal of Planning and Environment Law _vFebruary 2005, 156-158(3)
520			_aExamines the current planning issues relating to the construction of mezzanine floors. Mezzanine floor construction is, according to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s55(2)(A), deemed to be internal works to a building, not development as defined by s55 of the Act and therefore not in need of planning consent. Local planning authorities, seeking to impose planning conditions on mezzanine construction to prevent occupiers from drastically increasing their floorspace at low cost, have succeeded in a number of cases and have also lobbied for legislative change. Powers under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 s49 when they are enacted may introduce a blanket ban on the introduction of mezzanines without planning permission but more likely a threshold will be introduced above which planning permission for mezzanines would be required. The anticipated proliferation of mezzanine construction before the new conditions are enforced has not materialised. Concludes that the future threshold might not however be the panacea for local authorities' problems created from unregulated mezzanines.
590			_aABS
650			_aMEZZANINES
650			_aFLOOR SPACE
650			_aLOCAL PLANNING
650			_aPLANNING PERMISSION
650			_aTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 S55(2)(A)
650			_aPLANNING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ACT 2004 S49
690			_aPLANNING-PLANNING LAW
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999			_c74802 _d74802