Statutory Instruments
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
5th July 1991
Coming into force
31st July 1991
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 55(2)(f) and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:-
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).
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,".
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th July 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
5th July 1991
(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.