Stockton on Tees Borough Council Article Fours

An Article Four Direction is made by a local planning authority in the United Kingdom and confirmed by the government. It serves to restrict permitted development rights, which means that a lot of the things people do to their land or houses without planning permission and often taken for granted are brought into the realms of planning consent. It does not in itself prohibit any action but means that a landowner is required to seek planning consent whereas without the Direction this would not be necessary.

一项四向规划指导方针由英国地方规划当局制定，并经政府确认。该方针旨在限制许可开发权，意味着众多人们在不需规划许可的情况下对土地或房屋进行的诸多行为，通常被视为理所当然，现被纳入规划许可的范畴。该方针本身并不禁止任何行为，但意味着土地所有者必须寻求规划许可，而在未发布此方针的情况下，则无需如此。