Development to include certain internal operations
3.—(1) The amount specified under section 55(2A) of the 1990 Act (meaning of “development” and “new development”)(1) is 200 square metres.
(2) The circumstances in which subsection (2) of section 55 of the 1990 Act does not apply to operations mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection which have the effect of increasing the gross floor space of the building by more than 200 square metres are that the building is used for the retail sale of goods other than hot food.
(3) In paragraph (2), the reference to a building used for the retail sale of goods includes a building used 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.
Subsection (2A) of section 55 was inserted by section 49(1) of the 2004 Act.