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Planning & Use Guide

Under the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, and the subsequent amendments in 1995 and 2006, the lawful planning use that may be carried out a property is defined under the following headings.

Please note: This information is intended as a guide only and AEM Properies accepts no liability for errors or omissions. Please refer to relevant legislation and always check with the Local Planning Authority.

A1	Shops Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, pet shops, sandwich bars, showrooms, domestic hire shops, dry cleaners and funeral directors.
A2	Financial & Professional Services Banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies, professional and financial services and betting offices.
A3	Restaurants & Cafés For the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises - restaurants, snack bars and cafes.
A4	Drinking Establishments Public houses, wine bars or other drinking establishments (but not night clubs).
A5	Hot Food Takeaways For the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises.
B1	Business Offices, research and development, light industry appropriate in a residential area.
B2	General Industry General industrial use.
B3 -B7	Special Industrial Groups Note: these classes from the 1997 order were rolled up into class B2 by the Use Classes (Amendment) Order 1995.
B8	Storage or Distribution This class includes open air storage.
C1	Hotels Hotels, boarding houses and guest houses.
C2	Residential Institutions Residential care homes, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, residential colleges and training centres.
C2a	Secure Residential Institutions Hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent care centres.
C3	Dwelling Houses Dwellings or houses occupied by up to 6 people (living together as a household), small businesses at home, households providing care for residents.
D1	Non Residential Institutions Church halls, places of worship, clinics, health centres, consulting rooms, day nurseries, schools, art galleries, museums, libraries.
D2	Assembly and Leisure Cinemas, music/concert halls, bingo and dance halls (not night clubs), swimming pools, skating rinks, gyms, sports arenas (except motor racing or involving use of firearms).
Sui Generis	Sui Generis Theatres, hostels (where no significant care is provided), scrap yards, petrol stations, car showrooms/shops, launderettes, amusement centres, nightclubs, casinos, minicab/taxi businesses.

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