{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987/schedule-2/part-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987/schedule-2/part-A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/764",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-use-classes-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Commercial, Business and Service",
  "text": "Use, or part use, for all or any of the following purposes—\n(a) for the display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food, principally to visiting members of the public,\n(b) for the sale of food and drink principally to visiting members of the public where consumption of that food and drink is mostly undertaken on the premises,\n(c) for the provision of the following kinds of services principally to visiting members of the public—\n(i) financial services,\n(ii) professional services (other than health or medical services), or\n(iii) any other services which it is appropriate to provide in a commercial, business or service locality,\n(d) for indoor sport, recreation or fitness, not involving motorised vehicles or firearms or use as a swimming pool or skating rink, principally to visiting members of the public,\n(e) for the provision of medical or health services, principally to visiting members of the public, except the use of premises attached to the residence of the consultant or practitioner,\n(f) for a creche, day nursery or day centre, not including a residential use, principally to visiting members of the public,\n(g) for—\n(i) an office to carry out any operational or administrative functions,\n(ii) the research and development of products or processes, or\n(iii) any industrial process,\nbeing a use, which can be carried out in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (E.) (1.9.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/757), regs. 1(1), 13 (with reg. 7) (as amended by S.I. 2020/895, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (E.) (1.9.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/757), regs. 1(1), 13 (with reg. 7) (as amended by S.I. 2020/895, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Pt. A inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 13 (with art. 15(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/764/schedule/2/part/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:27:35.016517+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}