Council moves to protect 'high quality' Mole Valley office space...

Developers in Mole Valley could soon lose the right to convert offices into homes without gaining full planning permission.As it is, permitted development rights allow certain types of change of use applications to be given the go-ahead without the need to apply for permission.But Mole Valley District Council is planning to allow officers to protect certain sites from the powers because it believes converting them to homes could harm the economy.A report prepared ahead of the authority's...

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