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Use Classes Order 1997
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Description
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Permitted Development
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A1 Shops
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Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agents, post offices, dry cleaners, internet cafes, pet shops, cat-meat shops, tripe shops, sandwich bars, showrooms, domestic hire shops, funeral directors
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No permitted change
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A2 Financial and Professional Services
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Banks, Building Societies, estate and employment agencies, professional and financial services, betting offices
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Permitted change to A1 where a ground floor display window exists
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A3 Food and Drink
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Restaurants, snack bars, cafes
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Permitted change to A1 or A2
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A4
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Drinking establishments – public houses, wine bars and other drinking establishments
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Permitted change to A1, A2 or A3
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A5
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Hot food takeaways
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Permitted change to A1, A2 or A3
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Sui Generis
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Shops selling and/or displaying motor vehicles, launderettes, taxi or vehicle hire businesses, amusement centres, petrol filling stations, scrap yards, retail warehouse clubs
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No permitted change
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B1 Business
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Offices, not within A2, research and development, studios, laboratories, high tech, light industry
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Permitted change to B8 where no more than 235m²
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B2 General Industrial
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General Industrial
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Permitted change to B1 or B8 where no more than 235m²
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B8 Storage or Distribution
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Wholesale Warehouse, distribution centers and repositories
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Permitted change to B1 where no more than 235m²
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C1 Hotels
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Hotels, boarding and guest houses
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No permitted change
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C2 Residential Institutions
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Residential schools and colleges, hospitals and convalescent/nursing homes
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No permitted change
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C3 Dwelling Houses
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Dwellings
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No permitted change
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Sui Generis
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Hostel
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No permitted change
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D1 Non-resident institutions
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Places of worship, church halls, clinics, health centres, creches, day nurseries, consulting rooms, museums, public halls, libraries, art galleries, exhibition halls, non- residential education and training centers
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No permitted change
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D2 Assembly and Leisure
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Cinemas, concert halls, dance, sports halls, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums, other indoor and outdoor sports and leisure uses, bingo halls, casinos
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No permitted change
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Sui Generis
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Theatres, nightclubs
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No permitted change
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