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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/232",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (General Development) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order).\nThis Order further amends the Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 to permit, subject to certain qualifications and restrictions—\n(a) a change of use of a building from Class 1 (shops) or Class 2 (financial, professional and other services) of the Schedule to the Planning (Use Classes) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 (“the 1989 Order”), to a mixed use for any purposes within either Class 1 or Class 2 and as a single flat; and\n(b) a change of use from a mixed use for any purposes within either Class 1 or Class 2 of the Schedule to the 1989 Order and as a single flat to either Class 1 or Class 2 use.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/232/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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