| A1 |
Shops:
Shops, retail warehouse, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and
ticket agencies, post offices (but not sorting offices), pest
shops, sandwich bars, showrooms, domestic hire shops, dry cleaners,
funeral directors and internet cafes. |
No permitted change |
| A2 |
Financial and professional services:
Financial services such as banks and building societies,
professional services (other than health and medical services)
including estate and employment agencies and betting offices. |
A1
If there's a ground floor display window
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| A3 |
Restaurants and cafes:
For the sale of food and drink for consumption on premises -
restaurants, snack bars and cafes |
A1 or A2 |
| A4 |
Drinking establishments:
Public houses, wine bars or other drinking cafes. |
A1, A2 OR A3 |
| A5 |
Hot food takeaways:
For the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises. |
A1, A2 OR A3 |
| B1 |
Business:
Offices (other than those that fall within A2), research and
development of products and processes, light industry
appropriate in residential area. |
B8 Where no more than 235 sq m
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| B2 |
General industrial:
Use for industrial process other than one falling within class B1
(excluding incineration purposes chemical treatment) treatment or
landfill or hazardous |
B1 or B8 B8 limited to 235 sq m
|
| B8 |
Storage or distribution:
This class includes open air storage. |
B1 Where no more than 235 sq m
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| C1 |
Hotels:
Hotels , boarding and guest houses where no significant element of
care is provided (excludes hostels). |
No permitted change
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| C2 |
Residential institutions:
Residential care homes, hospitals, nursing homes, board schools,
residential colleges and training centre. |
No permitted change
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| C2A |
Secure residential institutions:
Use for a provision of secure residential accommodation,
including use as a prison, young offenders institution, detention
centre, secure training centre, custody centre, short term holding
centre, secure hospital. Secure local authority accommodation or
use as military barracks. |
No permitted change
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| C3 |
Dwelling houses - This class is formed of 3 parts:
C3(A) covers use by single person or a family (a couple whether
married or not, a person related to one another with members of the
family of one of the couple to be treated as members of the family
of other), an employer and certain domestic employees (such as an
au pare, nanny, nurse, governess, servant, chauffeur, gardener,
secretary and personal assistant), a career and the person
receiving the care and foster child. C3(B) up to six people living
together as a single household and receiving care e.g. supported
housing schemes such as those for people with learning disabilities
or mental health problems.
C3(C) allows for groups people (up to six) living together as a
single household. This allows for those groupings that do not not
fall within the C4 HMO definition, but which fell within the
previous C3 use class, to be provided for i.e. small religious
community may fall into this section as could homeowner who is
living with lodger.
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No permitted change |
| C4 |
House in multiple occupation:
Small shared dwelling houses occupied by between three and six
unrelated individuals, as their only or main residence, who share
basic amenities such as a kitchen or bathroom.
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C3 |
| D1 |
Non-residential institutions:
Clinics, health centres creches, day nurseries, day centres,
schools, art galleries (other than for sale or hire), museums,
libraries, halls places of worship, church halls, law court. Non
residential education and training centres. |
No permitted change |
| D2 |
Assembly and leisure:
Cinemas, music and concert halls, bingo and dance halls (but not
nightclubs), swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums or area for
indoor or outdoor sports and recreations (except for motor sports,
or where firearms are used).
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No permitted change |
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SUI
GENERIS
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Certain uses do not fall within any use class
and are considered 'sui generis'. Such uses include: theatres ,
hostels providing no significant element of care, scrap yards.
Petrol filling stations and shops selling and /or displaying motor
vehicles. Retail warehouse clubs, night clubs, launderettes, taxi
business, amusement centres and casinos. |
No permitted change / specific planning permission required
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