Following Nick Boles’ Ministerial Statement on 10 July, the official Secretary of State direction, which quashes Islington’s Article 4 Direction restricting office to residential conversions under Class J of the GPDO amendment (2013), was published last week. The direction is short and to the point, simply confirming that the Secretary of State has directed that the Article 4 Direction be cancelled, in accordance with article 5 (18) of the 1995 order.