| Use
Classes* |
Description |
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| PART A |
| A1 |
Shops
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| Use
for all or any of the following: |
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a) for the retail
sale of goods other than hot food
b) as a post office
c) for the sale of tickets or as a travel agency
d) for the sale of sandwiches or other cold food
e) for hairdressing
f) for the direction of funerals
g) for the display of goods for sale
h) for the hiring out of domestic or personal goods or articles
i) for the washing or cleaning of clothes or fabrics on the
premises
j) for the reception of goods to be washed, cleaned or repaired
k) as an internet café, where the primary purpose of
the premises is to provide facilities for enabling members of
the public to access the internet,
where the sale, display or service to visiting members of the
public. |
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| A2 |
Financial
and Professional Services |
| Use for provision
of: |
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a) financial service,
or
b) professional services (other than health or medical), or
c) any other services (including use as a betting office) which
it is appropriate to provide in a shopping area,
where the services are provided principally to visiting members
of the public. |
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| A3 |
Restaurants
and Cafés |
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| Use for the sale
of food for consumption on the premises. |
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| A4 |
Drinking
Establishments |
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| Use as a public
house, wine-bar or other drinking establishment. |
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| A5 |
Hot
Food Takeaways |
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| Use for the sale
of hot food for consumption off the premises. |
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| PART B |
| B1 |
Business
|
| Use for all or any
of the following purposes: |
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a) as an office other than a
use within Class A2 (financial and professional services)
b) for research and development of products or processes, or
c) for any industrial process,
being a use which can be carried out in any residential area
without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise,
vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit. |
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| B2 |
General
Industrial |
| Use for the carrying
on of an industrial process other than one falling within Class
B1 above. |
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| B8 |
Storage
and Distribution |
| Use for storage
or as a distribution centre. |
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| PART C |
| C1 |
Hotels |
| Use as ahotel, boarding
or guest house where, in each case, no significant element of
care is provided. |
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| C2 |
Residential
Institutions |
Use for the provision
of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care
(other than a use within Class C3 (dwelling houses).
Use as a hospital or nursing home.
Use as a residential school, college or training centre. |
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| C3 |
Dwelling
houses |
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Use a dwelling house (whether
or not as a sole or main residence)
by a single person or by people living together as a family,
or by not more than six residents living together as a single
household (including a household where care is provided for
residents). |
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| PART D |
| D1 |
Non-residential
Institutions |
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Any use not including a residential
use |
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a) for the provision of any medical
or health services except the use of premises attached to the
residence of the consultant or practitioner,
b) as a créche, day nursery or day centre,
c) for the provision of education
d) for the display of works of art (otherwise than for sale
or hire),
e) as a museum,
f) as a public library or public reading room,
g) as a public hall or exhibition hall,
h) for, or in connection with, public worship or religious instruction. |
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| D2 |
Assembly
and Leisure |
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Use as |
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a) a cinema,
b) a concert hall,
c) a bingo hall or casino
d) a swimming bath, skating rink, gymnasium or area for other
indoor or outdoor sports or recreations, not involving motorised
vehicles or firearms. |
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| SUI GENERIS USES |
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There is no specified class for
the following uses: |
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a) a theatre,
b) an amusement arcade or funfair,
c) as a laundrette,
d) for the sale of fuel for motor vehicles,
e) for the sale or display for sale of motor vehicles,
f) for a taxi business or business for the hire of motor vehicles,
g) as a scrap yard, or a yard for the storage or distribution
of minerals or the breaking of vehicles,
h) for any work registrable under the Alkali etc Works Registration
Act 1906,
i) as a hostel,
j) as a waste disposal installation for the incineration,
chemical treatments, or landfill of waste to which Directive
91/689EEC applies,
k) as a retail warehouse club being a retail club where goods
are sold, or displayed for sale, only to persons who are members
of that club,
l) as a nightclub. |
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| *With effect as of
from 1st April 2005 in England. These changes will not affect
the Use Classes Order as it applies in Wales. |
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| Use Classes Order
Review 2005 |
| On the 1st April
2005, the changes to the use Classes Order as it operates in
England came into effect. Primarily these split existing Class
A3 Food & Drink into three classes, A3 Restaurants; A4 Drinking
Establishments & A5 Hot Food Takeaways; together with other
more minor changes. Associated changes have been made to Permitted
Development Rights as shown in the table below. These changes
have not affected the Use Classes Order as it applies to Wales. |
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 Use
Class Amendment Order 2005 |
| A1 |
No
Permitted Changes |
| A2 |
Permitted
Change to A1 |
| A3 |
Permitted
Change to A1 or A2 |
| A4 |
Permitted
change to A1, A2 or A3 |
| A5 |
Permitted
change to A1, A2 or A3 |
| Sui
Generis |
No
permitted Change |
| B1 |
Permitted
Change to B8 |
| B2 |
Permitted
Change to B1 or B8 |
| B8 |
Permitted
Change to B1 |
| Sui
Generis |
No
Permitted Change |
| C1 |
No
Permitted Change |
| C2 |
No
Permitted Change |
| C3 |
No
Permitted Change |
| D1 |
No
Permitted Change |
| D2 |
No
Permitted Change |
| Sui
Generis |
No
Permitted Change |
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