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Information and public services for the Island of Jersey

L'înformâtion et les sèrvices publyis pouor I'Île dé Jèrri

Change of residential use (permissions)

​Planning permission

You will need planning permission to change your home in any of the following ways:

  • change of use of a building previously used as a single dwelling house to 2 or more separate dwelling houses or flats
  • change of use of 2 or more premises previously used as 2 separate dwelling houses or flats to a single dwelling house 
  • change of use of a building or part of a building previously used as a dwelling house for short term holiday lettings 
  • change of use to create a time sharing scheme in respect of building on the land
  • change of use of a non-domestic building to domestic use

Building permission

You will need building permission if you want to change the use of a building:

  • to a house
  • to a flat
  • the building, which contains at least 1 dwelling, contains a greater or lesser number of dwellings than it did previously

When a material change of use takes place, the building, or affected part, may need to be upgraded to satisfy certain important parts of the building bye-laws, including:

  • fire safety
  • ventilation provision
  • energy conservation
  • structure
  • weather resistance
  • fire spread 
  • sound insulation

To change the use of a building for commercial purposes refer to our commercial and other development section.

Commercial and other development

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