Class H – mixed use to commercial, business and service or betting office or pay day loan shop
Class H of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) offers flexibility to property owners by permitting the conversion of buildings with mixed uses, including residential flats, to various commercial, business, and service uses within Class E, or to maintain their use as betting offices or payday loan shops.
This versatility allows owners to adapt their properties to meet market demands.
The legislation simplifies the conversion process by removing the need for a full planning or Prior Approval application. The works could just be undertaken.
Legislation
Class H – mixed use to commercial, business and service or betting office or pay day loan shop
Permitted development
H. Development consisting of a change of use of a building—
(a) from a mixed use for any purpose within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats, to a use for any purpose within that Class;
(c) from a mixed use within article 3(6)(n) (betting office) or 3(6)(o) (pay day loan shop) of the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats, to use for any purpose within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to that Order;
(e) from a mixed use as within article 3(6)(n) (betting office) or 3(6)(o) (pay day loan shop) of the Use Classes Order and as up to 2 flats to a use within article 3(6)(n) (betting office) or 3(6)(o) (pay day loan shop) of the Use Classes Order.
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, as the case may be, article 3(6)(n) (betting office) or 3(6)(o) (pay day loan shop) of, or Class E of Schedule 2 to, the Use Classes Order.
Other Prior Approval Planning Applications
You maybe interested in some of the other key permitted development change of use allowances:
Class G – Commercial, business and service or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use, incorporating residential uses
Class L – Small HMOs to dwellinghouses and vice versa
Class M – Various uses, such as, launderette, betting office, payday loan shop, hot food takeaway to dwellings
Class MA – Class E commercial, business and service uses to dwellings
Class N – Sui Generis casino or amusement arcade to dwellings
Class Q – Agricultural buildings to dwellings
Class R – Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use
Recent Change of Use Projects
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