Use Class Guide

Use Classes	Use Classes	Description	General Development
Order 1987	Order 1972		Order 1988
A1 Shops	Class I	Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, dry cleaners, etc Pet shops, cats-meat shops, tripe shops, sandwich bars Showrooms, domestic hire shops, funeral directors	No permitted change
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A2 Financial and Professional Services	Class II	Banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies Professional and financial services, betting offices	Permitted change to A1 where a ground floor display window exists
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A3 Food and Drink		Restaurants, pubs, snack bars, cafés, wine bars, shops for sale of hot food	Permitted change to A1 or A2
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Sui Generis		Shops selling and/or displaying motor vehicles	Permitted change to A1
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		Launderettes, taxi or vehicle hire businesses, amusement centres, petrol filling stations	No permitted change
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B1 Business	Class II and Class III	Offices, not within A2, Research and development studios, laboratories, high tech Light industry	Permitted change to B8 where no more than 235sqm
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B2 General Industrial	Class IV-IX	General industrial	Permitted change to B1 or B8 B8 limited to no more than 235 sqm
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B8 Storage and distribution	Class X	Wholesale warehouse, distribution centres, repositories	Permitted change to B1 where no more than 235 sqm
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Sui Generis	N/A	Any work registrable under the Alkali, etc. Works Regulation Act, 1906	No permitted change
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C1 Hotels	Class XI	Hotels, boarding and guest houses	No permitted change
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C2 Residential Institutions	Class XII and Class XIV	Residential schools and colleges Hospitals and convalescent/nursing homes	No permitted change
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C3 Dwelling Houses	N/A	Dwellings, small businesses at home, communal housing of elderly and handicapped (Six or less residents unless living together as a family.)	No permitted change
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Sui Generis	N/A	Hostel	No permitted change
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D1 Non-residential Institutions	Class XIII, Class XV, and Class XVI	Places of worship, church halls Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, consulting rooms Museums, public halls, libraries, art galleries, exhibition halls Non-residential education and training centres	No permitted change
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D2 Assembly and Leisure	Class XVII and Class XVIII	Cinemas, music and concert halls Dance, sports halls, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums Other indoor and outdoor sports and leisure uses, bingo halls, casinos	No permitted change
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Sui Generis	Class XVII	Theatres	No permitted change