To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what changes have been made to Class B under Part 4 of the General Permitted Development Order since September 2001. [128528]

There have been no changes to Part 4, Class B of Schedule 2 to the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) since September 2001. In January 2002 the Government published a consultation paper on possible options for change to the temporary use provisions. Due to the high level of public interest in the matter of temporary uses, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister made an interim announcement on 21 August 2002 that there would be no change to existing provisions.