Development Management Document - Adopted July 2015

Centre Hierarchy

Acceptable Uses*

Town Centre

At street frontage:

Class A1 - Shops

Class A2 - Financial and professional services

Class A3 - Cafes and restaurants

Class A4 - Drinking establishments

Class A5 - Takeaways

Class C1 – Hotels (where they add vitality and activity to the street scene)

Class D1 - Community and education facilities

Class D2 and sui generis - Appropriate leisure, entertainment, cultural and recreation facilities (e.g. night clubs, casinos, theatres, nail/ tanning salons)

Open air markets

Above street-level frontage:

Class B1a - Smaller-scale office development

Class B1a and b - Non-office business development Class C1 - Hotels

Class C2 - Residential Institutions

Class C3 - Housing

Class D1 - Community and education facilities

District Centre

At Street Frontage:

Class A1 - Shops

Class A2 - Financial and professional services

Class A3 - Cafes and restaurants

Class A4 - Drinking establishments (inc. night time economy)

Class A5 - Takeaways

Class C1 – Hotels (where they add vitality and activity to the street scene)

Class D1 – Community, cultural and education facilities (where they add vitality and activity to the street scene)

Class D2 and sui generis - Appropriate leisure, entertainment, cultural and recreation facilities and other Sui Generis uses such as launderettes and nail/ tanning salons

Above street-level frontage:

Class B1a - Smaller-scale office development

Class B1a and b - Non-office business development

Class C2 - Residential Institutions

Class C3 – Housing

Existing Local Centres Elsewhere

At street frontage:

Class A1 - Shops

Class A2 - Financial and professional services

Class A3 - Cafes and restaurants

Class A4 - Drinking establishments

Class A5 - Takeaways

Class D1 - Community facilities

Sui Generis - such as launderettes, taxi businesses, nail/ tanning salons

Above street-level frontage:

Class B1a - Smaller-scale office development

Class C3 - Housing