GUIDE
TO USE CLASSES ORDER AND PERMITTED CHANGES OF USE
(ENGLAND
AND WALES) MARCH 1995
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USE CLASSES ORDER 1987 |
USE CLASSES ORDER 1972 |
DESCRIPTION |
GENERAL
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A1 |
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) |
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A2
Financial & 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 exists (see note 3) |
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A3
Food & drink |
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Restaurants, pubs, snack bars, cafes, wine bars, shops
for the Sale of hot food |
Permitted change to A1 or A2 |
Sui generis
(see note 4) |
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Shops selling and / or displaying motor vehicles |
Permitted change to A1 |
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Launderettes, taxi or vehicle hire businesses,
amusement Centres, petrol filling stations |
No permitted change |
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B1
Business
(see note 5) |
Class II
Class III |
a) Offices not within A2
b) Research & development, studios, laboratories, high tech
c) Light industry |
Permitted change to B2 where no more than 235 sq m |
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B2
General industrial
(see note 6) |
Class IV-IX |
General industrial |
Permitted change to B1 or B8
B8 limited to no more than 235 sq m |
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B8
Storage / distribution |
Class X |
Wholesale warehouse, distribution centres, repositories |
Permitted change to B1 Where no more than 235 sq m |
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| Sui generis |
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Any work registerable under the Alkali etc Works
Regulation Act 1906 |
No
permitted change |
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| NOTES |
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Changes of use within a specific lass do not require
planning permission provided that the use subsits: the planning permission
has been implemented, and no restrictive condition is attached to the
consent
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The permitted development rights shown in the final
column do not require planning permission where all criteria set out in
the Order are met and no restrictive conditions apply. |
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The General Development (Amendment) Order 1995 provides
the permitted change of use of a building from Class A1 or A2 to a mixed
use for the purposes of either Class A1 or Class A2 and as a single flat,
and from such a mixed use to Class A1 or Class A2 use provided the Class
A1 or A2 use is situated on a floor below the single flat and various
other conditions are met |
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Sui generis is a term
which refer to a use on its own. Any planning use not falling within a
specific class within the Use Classes Order falls within this category. |
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a B1 use must be capable of being undertaken 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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the Use Classes (Amendment) Order 1995 amends the 1987
Order by omitting Classes B4-B7 (special industrial groups B-E).
Industrial processes previously within these classes now fall
within Class B2 (general industrial). |