Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 31st July 1991.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Town and Country Planning(Use Classes) Order 1987(2).

Amendment of existing Order

2.—(1) For article 3(6)(c) of the principal Order (exclusions from Use Classes) substitute—

“(c)as a launderette,”.

(2) In Part A of the Schedule to the principal Order (Use Classes), for use (i) in Class A1. Shops substitute—

“(i)for the washing or cleaning of clothes or fabrics on the premises,

(j)for the reception of goods to be washed, cleaned or repaired,”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (the principal Order). The principal Order specifies classes for the purposes of section 55(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which provides that a change of use of a building or other land does not involve development for the purposes of the Act if the new use and the former use are both within the same specified class.

This Order amends the principal Order by including in the shops class (Class A1.), use for the washing or cleaning of clothes or fabrics on the premises. Use as a launderette continues to be excluded from any specified class.