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PART 3E+W CHANGES OF USE

Class AE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

A.  [F1Development consisting of a change of the use of a building to a use falling within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class A3 (food and drink) of that Schedule or from a use for the sale, or display for sale, of motor vehicles.]

[F1Development consisting of a change of use of a building to a use falling within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class A3 (restaurants and cafes), A4 (drinking establishments) or A5 (hot food takeaways) of the Schedule.]

[F1Class AAE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

AA.  Development consisting of a change of use of a building to a use falling within Class A3 (restaurants and cafes) cafes) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class A4 (drinking establishments) or Class A5 (hot food takeaways) of that Schedule.]

Class BE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

B.  Development consisting of a change of the use of a building—

(a)to a use for any purpose falling within Class B1 (business) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from any use falling within Class B2 (general industrial) or B8 (storage and distribution) of that Schedule;

(b)to a use for any purpose falling within Class B8 (storage and distribution) of that Schedule from any use falling within Class B1 (business) or B2 (general industrial).

Development not permittedE+W

B.1  Development is not permitted by Class B where the change is to or from a use falling within Class B8 of that Schedule, if the change of use relates to more than 235 square metres of floor space in the building.

Class CE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

C.  Development consisting of a change of use to a use falling within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class A3 [F2(food and drink)] [F2(restaurants and cafes), Class A4 (drinking establishments) or Class A5 (hot food takeaways)] of that Schedule.

Class DE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

D.  Development consisting of a change of use of any premises with a display window at ground floor level to a use falling within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a use falling within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule.

Class EE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

E.  Development consisting of a change of the use of a building or other land from a use permitted by planning permission granted on an application, to another use which that permission would have specifically authorised when it was granted.

Development not permittedE+W

E.1  Development is not permitted by Class E if—

(a)the application for planning permission referred to was made before the 5th December 1988;

(b)it would be carried out more than 10 years after the grant of planning permission; or

(c)it would result in the breach of any condition, limitation or specification contained in that planning permission in relation to the use in question.

Class FE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

F.  Development consisting of a change of the use of a building—

(a)to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as a single flat, from a use for any purpose within Class A1 of that Schedule;

(b)to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as a single flat, from a use for any purpose within Class A2 of that Schedule;

(c)where that building has a display window at ground floor level, to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as a single flat, from a use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule.

ConditionsE+W

F.1  Development permitted by Class F is subject to the following conditions—

(a)some or all of the parts of the building used for any purposes within Class A1 or Class A2, as the case may be, of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order shall be situated on a floor below the part of the building used as a single flat;

(b)where the development consists of a change of use of any building with a display window at ground floor level, the ground floor shall not be used in whole or in part as the single flat;

(c)the single flat shall not be used otherwise than as a dwelling (whether or not as a sole or main residence)—

(i)by a single person or by people living together as a family, or

(ii)by not more than six residents living together as a single household (including a household where care is provided for residents).

Interpretation of Class FE+W

F.2  For the purposes of Class F—

“care" means personal care for people in need of such care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs or past or present mental disorder.

Class GE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

G.  Development consisting of a change of the use of a building—

(a)to a use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a mixed use for any purpose within Class A1 of that Schedule and as a single flat;

(b)to a use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a mixed use for any purpose within Class A2 of that Schedule and as a single flat;

(c)where that building has a display window at ground floor level, to a use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order from a mixed use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule and as a single flat.

Development not permittedE+W

G.1  Development is not permitted by Class G unless the part of the building used as a single flat was immediately prior to being so used used for any purpose within Class A1 or Class A2 of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order.

[F3Class HE+W

Permitted DevelopmentE+W

H.  Development consisting of a change of use of a building from use as a casino to a use falling within Class D2 (Assembly and leisure) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order.]

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