| The directory below provides insight into the different uses and their use classes. The directory has been updated in 2022 but changes are expected in the near future so watch this space. | |||||||||||
| The list has been organised alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Agricultural Units | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Amusement Arcade | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Aparthotels | C1 | ||||||||||
| Artists Studio | E | ||||||||||
| Banks | E | ||||||||||
| Barbers | E | ||||||||||
| Barns | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Beauty Salons | E / Sui Generis (depending on the Council) | ||||||||||
| Bed & Breakfast | C1 | ||||||||||
| Bedsit | C4 | ||||||||||
| Betting Shops | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Bingo Hall | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Boarding Houses | C1 | ||||||||||
| Boarding Kennels | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Builders Yard | Sui Generis or B8 | ||||||||||
| Building Societies | E | ||||||||||
| Buildings used for storage | B8 | ||||||||||
| Bungalows (use by single person or family) | C3 | ||||||||||
| Cafés | E | ||||||||||
| Car Hire | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Car Racing | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Car Repairs | B2 | ||||||||||
| Car Showroom | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Caravan SIte | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Casino | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Catering premises & production | B2 | ||||||||||
| Catering Storage & Distribution | B8 | ||||||||||
| Cattery | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Church Halls | F1 | ||||||||||
| Cinema | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Clinics | E | ||||||||||
| Concert Hall | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Crèches | E | ||||||||||
| Custody Centres | C2A | ||||||||||
| Dance Hall | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Day Nurseries | E | ||||||||||
| Dentists | E | ||||||||||
| Detention Centres | C2A | ||||||||||
| Distribution Centres | B8 | ||||||||||
| DIY Shed | E | ||||||||||
| Dog Grooming Parlour | E / Sui Generis (depending on the Council) | ||||||||||
| Drinking Establishments with Expanded Food Provision | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Dry Cleaners | E | ||||||||||
| Employment Agencies | E | ||||||||||
| Estate Agencies | E | ||||||||||
| Exhibition Halls | F1 | ||||||||||
| Factories | B2 | ||||||||||
| Fast Food Takeaway | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Flats (use by single person or family) | C3 | ||||||||||
| Football Pitches | F2 | ||||||||||
| Fuel Stations | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Funeral Directors | E | ||||||||||
| Funfairs | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Garages (Fuel) | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| General Industrial | B2 | ||||||||||
| Group of up to 6 people living together as a single household | C3 | ||||||||||
| Group of up to 6 people living together with care | C3 | ||||||||||
| Guest Houses | C1 | ||||||||||
| Gymnasiums (Gyms) | E | ||||||||||
| Hairdressers | E | ||||||||||
| Hall or Meeting Place for local use | F2 | ||||||||||
| Health Centres | E | ||||||||||
| Hire Shops | E | ||||||||||
| HMOs (3 to 6 people) | C4 | ||||||||||
| HMOs (7+ people) | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Homeowner with a lodger | C3 | ||||||||||
| Hospitals | C2 | ||||||||||
| Hostels (No care) | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Hot Food Takeaways | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Hotels | C1 | ||||||||||
| Houses (use by single person or family) | C3 | ||||||||||
| Industrial Process | B2 | ||||||||||
| Industrial Processes in a residential area without causing detriment to the amenity of the area | E | ||||||||||
| Internet Cafes | E | ||||||||||
| Job Centre | E | ||||||||||
| Kennels | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Landfill Sites | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Large HMOs | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Launderettes | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Law Courts | F1 | ||||||||||
| Light Industrial | E | ||||||||||
| Live Music Venue | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Local Halls | F2 | ||||||||||
| Local Shops (no other such facility < 280 sq m within 1 km) | F2 | ||||||||||
| Maisonettes (use by single person or family) | C3 | ||||||||||
| Massage Parlour | E / Sui Generis (depending on the Council) | ||||||||||
| Military Barracks | C2A | ||||||||||
| MOT Centre | B2 | ||||||||||
| Museums | F1 | ||||||||||
| Nail Bar | E / Sui Generis (depending on the Council) | ||||||||||
| Nightclubs | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Non-residential Education and Training Centres | F1 | ||||||||||
| Non-retail Photographic Studio | E | ||||||||||
| Nursing Homes | C2 | ||||||||||
| Offices | E | ||||||||||
| Open Air Storage | B8 | ||||||||||
| Osteopath | E | ||||||||||
| Other Drinking Establishments | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Outdoor Sport | F2 | ||||||||||
| Payday Loan Shops | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Pet Shops | E | ||||||||||
| Petrol Stations | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Phone Shop | E | ||||||||||
| Places of Worship | F1 | ||||||||||
| Police Offices (not a station) | E | ||||||||||
| Police Stations | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Post Offices | E | ||||||||||
| Postal Sorting Offices | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Prisons | C2A | ||||||||||
| Professional Services | E | ||||||||||
| Public Halls (except local) | F1 | ||||||||||
| Public Libraries | F1 | ||||||||||
| Public Reading Room | F1 | ||||||||||
| Pubs | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Recording Studios | E | ||||||||||
| Research & Development | E | ||||||||||
| Residential Accommodation in need of care | C2 | ||||||||||
| Residential Schools, Colleges or Training Centres | C2 | ||||||||||
| Restaurant | E | ||||||||||
| Retail Warehouse Club | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Retail Warehouses | E | ||||||||||
| Sale of cold food for consumption off premises | E | ||||||||||
| Schools | F1 | ||||||||||
| Scrap Yards | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Secure Hospitals | C2A | ||||||||||
| Secure Local Authority Accommodation | C2A | ||||||||||
| Secure Training Centres | C2A | ||||||||||
| Serviced Accommodation | C1 / C3 | ||||||||||
| Sui Generis, C1 or C3 (depending on the Council) | |||||||||||
| Shops | E | ||||||||||
| Short term holding Centres | C2A | ||||||||||
| Skating Rink | F2 | ||||||||||
| Solicitors | E | ||||||||||
| Sports Arenas | F2 | ||||||||||
| Student Blocks | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Supported Housing with care (up to 6 people) | C3 | ||||||||||
| Swimming Pools | F2 | ||||||||||
| Takeaway | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Tattoo Parlours | E / Sui Generis (depending on the Council) | ||||||||||
| Taxi Company | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Tennis Courts | F2 | ||||||||||
| Theatres | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Ticket Agencies | E | ||||||||||
| Tourist Information | E | ||||||||||
| Travel Agencies | E | ||||||||||
| Vehicle Sports | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Veterinary Practice (Vets) | E | ||||||||||
| Visitor Centre | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Warehouses | B8 | ||||||||||
| Wine Bars | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Yard for Breaking of Motor Vehicles | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Yard for Storage / Distribution of Minerals | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
| Young Offenders’ Institutions | C2A | ||||||||||
| Zoo | Sui Generis | ||||||||||
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