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The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, PART C. Help about Changes to Legislation

PART CE+W

Commencement Information

I1Sch. Pt. C in force at 1.6.1987, see art. 1

[F1Class C1. HotelsE+W

Use as a hotel or as a boarding or guest house where, in each case, no significant element of care is provided.]

Textual Amendments

Class C2. Residential institutionsE+W

Use for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care (other than a use within [F2Class C3. Dwellinghouses, used as sole or main residences]).

Use as a hospital or nursing home.

Use as a residential school, college or training centre.

Textual Amendments

F3[F4C2A. Secure residential institutionsE+W

Use for the 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.]

Textual Amendments

F5[F6Class C3. [F7Dwellinghouses, used as sole or main residences] W.

Use as a dwellinghouse [F8, as a sole or main residence and occupied for more than 183 days in a calendar year] by—

(a)a single person or by people to be regarded as forming a single household;

(b)not more than six residents living together as a single household where care is provided for residents; or

(c)not more than six residents living together as a single household where no care is provided to residents (other than a use within Class C4).

Textual Amendments

F5Sch. Pt. C Class C3 substituted (with a minor difference of wording in "Interpretation of Class C3") (W.) (25.2.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/28), arts. 1(1), 2(2)

Interpretation of Class C3E+W

For the purposes of Class C3F9... “single household” [F5is to] be construed in accordance with section 258 of the Housing Act 2004.] [F10In the calculation of the 183 days, any time spent by single households in accommodation provided in connection with a person’s occupation, such as oil rigs or barracks, contributes to the 183 days.]

Textual Amendments

F5Sch. Pt. C Class C3 substituted (with a minor difference of wording in "Interpretation of Class C3") (W.) (25.2.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/28), arts. 1(1), 2(2)

[F11Class C4. Houses in multiple occupationE+W

Use of a dwellinghouse by not more than six residents as a “house in multiple occupation”.

Textual Amendments

Interpretation of Class C4E+W

For the purposes of Class C4 a “house in multiple occupation” does not include a converted block of flats to which section 257 of the Housing Act 2004 applies but otherwise has the same meaning as in section 254 of the Housing Act 2004.]

Textual Amendments

[F12Class C5. Dwellinghouses, used otherwise than as sole or main residencesW.

Use as a dwellinghouse, otherwise than as a sole or main residence and occupied for 183 days or fewer by—

(a)a single person or by people to be regarded as forming a single household,

(b)not more than six residents living together as a single household where care is provided for residents, or

(c)not more than six residents living together as a single household where no care is provided to residents (other than a use within class C4).

Textual Amendments

Interpretation of Class C5W.

For the purposes of Class C5 “single household” is to be construed in accordance with section 258 of the Housing Act 2004.]

Textual Amendments

[F13Class C6. Short-term letsW.

Use of a dwellinghouse for commercial short-term letting not longer than 31 days for each period of occupation.]

Textual Amendments

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