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

Class H – mixed use to retail

Permitted development

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

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

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

(c)from a mixed use—

(i)for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats,

(ii)as a betting office or pay day loan shop and as up to 2 flats,

to a use for any purpose within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule;

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

(i)within Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats, or

(ii)as a betting office or pay day loan shop and as up to 2 flats,

to a use for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order;

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

Development not permitted

H.1  Development is not permitted by Class H unless each part of the building used as a flat was, immediately prior to being so used, used for any purpose within Class A1 (shops) or Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order or, as the case may be, used as a betting office or pay day loan shop.