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Use Classes Order 1987 (see note 1) | Use Classes Order 1972 | Description | General Development Order 1988 (see note 2) |
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A1 Shops |
Class I |
Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, dry cleaners, etc Pet shops, cats-meat shops, tripe shops, sandwich bars Showrooms, domestic hire shops, funeral directors |
No permitted change (see note 3) |
A2 Financial and Professional Services |
Class II |
Banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies Professional and financial services, betting offices |
Permitted change to A1 where a ground floor display window exists (see note 3) |
A3 Food and Drink |
Restaurants, pubs, snack bars, cafés, wine bars, shops for sale of hot food |
Permitted change to A1 or A2 |
|
Sui Generis (see note 4) |
Shops selling and/or displaying motor vehicles Launderettes, taxi or vehicle hire businesses, amusement centres, petrol filling stations |
Permitted change to A1 No permitted change |
|
B1 Business (see note 5) |
Class II Class III |
Offices, not within A2 Research and development studios, laboratories, high tech Light industry |
Permitted change to B8 where no more than 235sqm |
B2 General Industrial (see note 6) |
Class IV-IX |
General industrial |
Permitted change to B1 or B8 B8 limited to no more than 235 sqm |
B8 Storage and distribution |
Class X |
Wholesale warehouse, distribution centres, repositories |
Permitted change to B1 where no more than 235 sqm |
Sui Generis (see note 4) |
N/A |
Any work registrable under the Alkali, etc. Works Regulation Act, 1906 |
No permitted change |
C1 Hotels (see note 7) |
Class XI |
Hotels, boarding and guest houses |
No permitted change |
C2 Residential Institutions |
Class XII Class XIV |
Residential schools and colleges Hospitals and convalescent/nursing homes |
No permitted change |
C3 Dwelling Houses (see note 8) |
N/A |
Dwellings, small businesses at home, communal housing of elderly and handicapped |
No permitted change |
Sui Generis (see note 4) |
N/A |
Hostel |
No permitted change |
D1 Non-residential Institutions |
Class XIII Class XV Class XVI |
Places of worship, church halls Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, consulting rooms Museums, public halls, libraries, art galleries, exhibition halls Non-residential education and training centres |
No permitted change |
D2 Assembly and Leisure |
Class XVII Class XVIII |
Cinemas, music and concert halls Dance, sports halls, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums Other indoor and outdoor sports and leisure uses, bingo halls, casinos |
No permitted change |
Sui Generis (see note 4) |
Class XVII |
Theatres |
No permitted change |
The above is intended as a general guide only. Reference must be made in the final instance to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended, the Use Classes Order 1987 as amended, and the General Development Order 1988 as amended.