Buildings to knock down and rebuild as homes
A single office or industrial building of 150 to 1,000 m² in a town in England, not listed and outside protected areas: the footprint Class ZA lets a developer rebuild as homes.
20,727 sites fit this search today
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What the search looks for
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Open the search- One office or industrial building of 150 to 1,000 m² on the energy certificate register
- Up to 18 m tall where measured
- In a town in England
- Not listed
- Outside protected areas
On every site
- The building
- Its footprint, the number of buildings on the plot, and its use and floor area where it is on the energy certificate register.
- What takes the right away
- Article 4 directions, listed buildings, conservation areas and protected landscapes, mapped against the plot.
- Planning on the plot
- Ten years of planning applications, each with its decision and a link to the council's record.
Why these rules
Permitted development Class ZA (General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2, Part 20): a single detached block of flats, or a building for offices, research or light industry, standing on 12 March 2020, built before 1990, vacant for six months, with a footprint of up to 1,000 m² and up to 18 m tall, rebuilt as homes on the same footprint up to 7 m higher and 18 m at most.
Not on article 2(3) land, SSSIs, listed buildings or scheduled monuments, or within 3 km of an aerodrome. Prior approval covers transport, contamination, flooding, design, natural light, amenity, heritage, the demolition and landscaping.
Sites from the search
Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.
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Greenham703 m²
West Berkshire
Building footprint 163 m²Main commercial use Office
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Cradley Heath573 m²
Sandwell
Building footprint 191 m²Main commercial use Office
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Atherton452 m²
Wigan
Building footprint 189 m²Main commercial use Office
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Slough512 m²
Slough
Building footprint 284 m²Main commercial use Industrial
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Richmond upon Thames648 m²
Richmond upon Thames
Building footprint 462 m²Main commercial use Office
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Northampton0.10 ha
West Northamptonshire
Building footprint 612 m²Main commercial use Office
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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