Use classes

The following classes of use are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 as amended:

A1 Shops: Shops, post offices, travel agents, hairdressers, funeral directors, dry cleaners

A2 Financial and professional services: Banks, building societies, betting offices, and other financial and professional services 

A3 Restaurants and cafes 

A4 Drinking establishments

A5 Hot food takeaways

B1 Business: Offices, research and development, light industry appropriate in a residential area

B2 General industrial

B8 Storage and distribution: Including open air storage

C1 Hotels: Hotels, boarding and guest houses where no significant element of care is provided

C2 Residential Institutions: Residential care homes, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, residential colleges and training centres

C3 Dwelling houses: Family houses, or houses occupied by up to six residents living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents

D1 Non-residential institutions: Surgeries, nurseries, day centres, schools, art galleries, museums, libraries, halls, churches

D2 Assembly and leisure: Cinemas, concert halls, bingo and dance halls, casinos, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums or sports arenas (except for motor sports, or where firearms are used).