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Is the change permitted?

These changes of use are permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

From

To

A2 (professional and financial services) when premises have a display window at ground level

A1 (shop)

A3 (restaurants and cafes)

A1 or A2

A4 (drinking establishments)

A1 or A2 or A3

A5 (hot food takeaways)

A1 or A2 or A3

B1 (business) (permission limited to 235 square metres of floor space in the building)

B8 (storage and distribution)

B2 (general industrial)

B1 (business)

B2 (general industrial) (permission limited to 235 square metres of floor space in the building)

B8 (storage and distribution)

B8 (storage and distribution) (permission limited to 235 square metres of floor space in the building)

B1 (business)

A planning application is not required for change of use in the following circumstances: from A1 to A1 plus a single flat above; and from A2 to A2 plus a single flat above. These changes are reversible without an application only if the part that is now a flat was, respectively, in either A1 or A2 use immediately before it became a flat.

Changes of use requiring a planning application

Applications for planning permission are always required for material changes of use involving amusement centres, theatres, scrap yards, petrol filling stations, car showrooms, taxi and car hire businesses and hostels.