City of Durham - Local Plan

Reference Guide:

Class A1:

Shops

Class A2:

Financial and Professional Services

Class A3:

Food and Drink

Class B1:

Business Use
(a) Offices
(b) Research and Development
(c) Light Industry

Class B2:

General Industrial

Class B8:

Storage and Distribution

Class C1:

Hotels, Boarding Houses and Guest Houses

Class C2:

Residential Institutions

Class C3:

Dwelling Houses

Class D1:

Non-Residential Institutions

Class D2:

Assembly and Leisure

Sui Generis:

Uses which do not fall within any Class

Use Classes Order Definitions:

Set out in this Appendix is a guide to the definitions of Use Classes referred to in this Plan. The Town and Country Planning (Uses Classes) Order 1987 is a statutory order of land use defining separate classes of development.

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The following is a summary of the use classes defined in the order:-

Class A1:

SHOPS of all types including superstores and retail warehouses; also includes hairdressers, dry cleaners, sandwich bars, travel agents, showrooms, except car showrooms.

Class A2:

FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to visiting members of the public, including banks, building societies, estate agents, betting offices.

Class A3:

FOOD AND DRINK including restaurants, pubs, wine bars and hot food takeaway.

Class B1:

BUSINESS USE

(a) offices (other than those falling in Class A2)

(b) research and development, studios, laboratories, high tech developments

(c) any industrial process provided the use could be carried out in any residential area without detriment to amenity by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit.

Class B2:

GENERAL INDUSTRIAL - any industrial use not falling within Class B1.

Class B8:

STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION warehouses including wholesale cash and carry.

Class C1:

HOTELS BOARDING AND GUEST HOUSES

Class C2:

RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS including hospitals, nursing homes, residential schools and colleges.

Class C3:

DWELLING HOUSES occupied by a single person or family or by not more than six persons living together as a single household.

Class D1:

NON-RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS including religious buildings, public halls, museums, medical services and educational establishments.

Sui Generis:

Many uses do not fall within any Class, and are therefore described as sui generis - a class of their own. For example, theatres, launderettes, amusement centres, car showrooms, petrol filling stations and car hire offices are among sues which are specifically excluded from any of the defined Classes.

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