The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024

Amendment of Class R of Part 3

4.—(1) Class R (agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use) of Part 3 (changes of use) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph R (permitted development) substitute—

“Permitted development

R.   Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use as an agricultural building to a flexible use—

(a) falling within one of the following provisions of the Use Classes Order—

(i) Class B2 (general industrial) of Schedule 1;

(ii) Class B8 (storage or distribution) of Schedule1;

(iii) Class C1 (hotels) of Schedule 1;

(iv) Class E (commercial, business or service) of Schedule 2; or

(v) Class F.2(c) (outdoor sport or recreation) of Schedule 2; or

(b) for the provision of agricultural training.”.

(3) In paragraph R.1 (development not permitted), in sub-paragraph (b), for “500 square metres” substitute “1,000 square metres”.

(4) In paragraph R.2 (conditions), at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert— “;

(d) where the site is to be used for general industrial purposes within Class B2, it must only be used for the processing of—

(i) raw goods, excluding livestock, which are produced on the site and are to be sold on the site, or

(ii) raw goods mentioned in paragraph (i) together with goods ancillary to the processing of those raw goods”.