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Does a ‘flexible change of use’ (FCU) under Class V of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 have to be granted for a ten-year period, or can it be limited to a shorter period? And if an FCU has already been granted for a full term of ten years and the use is continuous (past the ten-year term) can a subsequent FCU (to cover the continuous use) be granted or would such action run a risk of the use being deemed as ‘established’?

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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the GPDO 2015), SI 2015/596, Sch 2 Pt 3, Class V grants a permitted development right for development consisting of a change of use of a building or other land from a use permitted by planning permission granted on an application, to another use which that permission would have specifically authorised when it was granted. It is intended to provide flexibility to occupiers of buildings/land to switch between two or more uses for a ten year period

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