The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

Class G – retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use

Permitted development

G.  Development consisting of a change of use of a building—

(a) from a use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of that Schedule and as up to 2 flats;

(b) from a use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule and as up to 2 flats;

(c) from a use—

(i) for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, or

(ii) as a betting office or a pay day loan shop,

to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule and as up to 2 flats;

(d) where that building has a display window at ground floor level, from a use—

(i) for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, or

(ii) as a betting office or a pay day loan shop,

to a mixed use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats;

(e) from a use as a betting office or a pay day loan shop to a mixed use as a betting office or a pay day loan shop and as up to 2 flats.

Conditions

G.1  Development permitted by Class G is subject to the following conditions—

(a) some or all of the parts of the building used as a betting office or pay day loan shop or for any purposes within Class A1 or Class A2, as the case may be, of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order is situated on a floor below the lowest part of the building used as a flat;

(b) where the development consists of a change of use of any building with a display window at ground floor level, the ground floor must not be used in whole or in part as a flat;

(c) a flat must not be used otherwise than as a dwelling (whether or not as a sole or main residence)—

(i) by a single person or by people living together as a family, or

(ii) by not more than 6 residents living together as a single household (including a household where care is provided for residents).

Interpretation of Class G

G.2  For the purposes of Class G, “care” means personal care for people in need of such care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs or past or present mental disorder.