RICS research flags low quality of office-to-resi homes

By Hamish Champ2018-05-01T00:01:00

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Report warns ministers to introduce new safeguards or start charging CIL on schemes

RICS has warned the government that extending its controversial policy of allowing office-to-residential conversions without the need for full planning permission could result in a higher amount of low-quality housing.

The surveyors’ body said despite housing delivery being high on politicians’ agenda the implications of extending the policy of allowing conversions through the use of permitted-development rights needed to be looked at carefully.

In a new report, co-authored with academics from UCL and Sheffield University, RICS said relaxations of the rules which began under the coalition government had resulted in a higher level of poor quality housing than was the case when full planning permission was required.

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