England20 August 2026·7 min read
The Proposed C5 Use Class for England: What Wales's Gwynedd Experience Actually Tells Us
A dedicated Use Class for short-term lets was consulted on for England in 2024 and remains under Government consideration. Wales moved earlier with Use Class C6, and Gwynedd Council tried to remove the resulting permitted development right through an Article 4 Direction - but that Direction was quashed by the High Court in November 2025. The lesson for English operators is not that Article 4 is easy; it is that a properly-evidenced Article 4 remains a live risk, and that a Certificate of Lawfulness is unaffected by any of it.