The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987

Article 3

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 inserted (E.) (1.9.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/757), regs. 1(1), 13 (with reg. 7) (as amended by S.I. 2020/895, regs. 1, 2(2))

PART A E Commercial, Business and Service

Class E. Commercial, Business and Service E

Use, or part use, for all or any of the following purposes—

(a) for the display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food, principally to visiting members of the public,

(b) for the sale of food and drink principally to visiting members of the public where consumption of that food and drink is mostly undertaken on the premises,

(c) for the provision of the following kinds of services principally to visiting members of the public—

(i) financial services,

(ii) professional services (other than health or medical services), or

(iii) any other services which it is appropriate to provide in a commercial, business or service locality,

(d) for indoor sport, recreation or fitness, not involving motorised vehicles or firearms [F2 or use as a swimming pool or skating rink], principally to visiting members of the public,

(e) for the provision of medical or health services, principally to visiting members of the public, except the use of premises attached to the residence of the consultant or practitioner,

(f) for a creche, day nursery or day centre, not including a residential use, principally to visiting members of the public,

(g) for—

(i) an office to carry out any operational or administrative functions,

(ii) the research and development of products or processes, or

(iii) any industrial process,

being a use, which can be carried out in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. A inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 13 (with art. 15(3))

PART B E Local Community and Learning

Class F.1 Learning and non-residential institutions E

Any use not including residential use—

(a) for the provision of education,

(b) for the display of works of art (otherwise than for sale or hire),

(c) as a museum,

(d) as a public library or public reading room,

(e) as a public hall or exhibition hall,

(f) for, or in connection with, public worship or religious instruction,

(g) as a law court.

Class F.2 Local community E

Use as—

(a) a shop mostly selling essential goods, including food, to visiting members of the public in circumstances where—

(i) the shop's premises cover an area not more than 280 square metres, and

(ii) there is no other such facility within 1000 metre radius of the shop's location,

(b) a hall or meeting place for the principal use of the local community,

(c) an area or place for outdoor sport or recreation, not involving motorised vehicles or firearms,

(d) an indoor or outdoor swimming pool or skating rink.]