SCHEDULE 1USE OF LAND FOR A SPECIFIED PURPOSE

Regulations 41, 42 and 99

In relation to a local authority’s use of land, a purpose is specified in a category of this Schedule if it falls within any of the following categories, or if a dwelling is situated on the land and the purpose is use as a dwelling by a person employed for a purpose falling within any of the following categories except category 10—

1

the fire service or police service, the magistrates' courts services, the probation service, or the functions conferred on the authority under section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1948136

2

a hostel for the homeless, or the social services functions of a local authority within the meaning given to that expression in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970137;

3

a school, or an institution providing further education, or training, or education for adults;

4

an archive, a library, a museum or an art gallery;

5

a community hall, a conference centre, a theatre, a concert hall, a leisure centre or other indoor recreation, a swimming pool, or a pier;

6

a bus station, a vehicle depot, a garage, or a public park for cars, caravans, lorries or other vehicles;

7

an allotment, a smallholding, a cemetery, a playing field (other than a school playing field), a golf course, or a park or other public open space;

8

an industrial unit, a dog compound, a market, a public convenience, or the disposal of waste, or (except so far as falling within any other category) a workshop, a kitchen, a warehouse, or the storage of goods or equipment;

9

a town hall, or local authority offices (other than offices which fall within any other category); or

10

a house or other dwelling provided by a local authority for a person in their employment who is entitled to occupy it as as a term of his employment (other than a dwelling falling within any of the preceding categories).