# The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016, Article 6: Amendments in relation to change of use of launderettes to dwellinghouses


(1) Class M in Part 3 of Schedule 2 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph M of Class M substitute—
“Class M – retail and specified sui generis uses to dwellinghouses
Permitted development
M. Development consisting of—
(a) a change of use of a building from—
(i) a use falling within Class A1 (shops) or Class A2 (financial and professional services) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order,
(ii) a use as a betting office, pay day loan shop or launderette, or
(iii) a mixed use combining use as a dwellinghouse with—
(aa) a use as a betting office, pay day loan shop or launderette, or
(bb) a use falling within either Class A1 (shops) or Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule (whether that use was granted permission under Class G of this Part or otherwise),
to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of that Schedule, and
(b) building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building referred to in paragraph (a) to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of that Schedule.”.
(3) For paragraph M.2(1)(d)(i) substitute—
“(i) on adequate provision of services of the sort that may be provided by a building falling within Class A1 (shops) or Class A2 (financial and professional services) of that Schedule or, as the case may be, a building used as a launderette, but only where there is a reasonable prospect of the building being used to provide such services, or”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/332/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-england-amendment-order-2016/article-6
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