South Ayrshire Local Plan

Use Classes Order (Scotland) 1974

CLASS 1 Shops	Retail sale of goods other than hot food, post office, sale of tickets, travel agent, sale of cold food for consumption off the premises, hairdressing, funeral directors, display of goods for sale, for the hiring out of domestic/personal goods/articles, etc. where the sale, display or service is principally to visiting members of the public.	No permitted changes
CLASS 2 Finance, Professional and other Services	For the provision of financial, professional or any other services which it is appropriate to provide in a shopping area to visiting members of the public.	Permitted change to Class 1
CLASS 3 Food and Drink	Use for the sale of food or drink for consumption on the premises.	Permitted change to Class 1 and 2
CLASS 4 Business	Use as office other than Class 2, for R&D or for any industrial process which could be carried out in a residential area without detriment to amenity (NB - this is the test for Class 4 and does not imply that such uses must or should be in a residential area).	Permitted change to Class 6*
CLASS 5 General Industrial	Use for the carrying on of an industrial process other than one falling within Class 4.	Permitted change to Class 6* and 4
CLASS 6 Storage/distribution	Use for storage or as a distribution centre.	Permitted change to Class 4
CLASS 7 Hotels/Hostels	Use as a hotel, boarding house or guest house or hostel where no significant element of care is provided (refer to schedule on UCO 1997).	No permitted changes
CLASS 8 Residential Institutions	Use for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care other than in Class 9, a hospital or nursing home, residential school, college or training centre.	No permitted changes
CLASS 9 Houses	Use as a house, other than a flat, whether or not as a sole or main residence by a single person or people living as a family, or not more than 5 residents living together including a household where care is provided for residents, and use as a B&B or guesthouse, where at any one time not more than 2 bedrooms are used for that purpose in a house with 4 or more bedrooms. Max. 1 bedroom for B&B in a house with less than 4 bedrooms.	No permitted changes
CLASS 10	Use, not including residential use as a creche.
CLASS 11 Assembly and Leisure	Use as a cinema, concert hall, bingo hall, casino, dance hall, disco, swimming bath, skating rink, gym, or are for other indoor or outdoor sports or recreation not involving firearms or motor vehicles.	No permitted changes
SUI GENERIS	Sale of hot food for consumption off the premises. Sale of motor vehicles.	Permitted change to Class 1 and 2. Permitted change to Class 1#.
NOTE: only those which have permitted changes are shown. Refer to UCO for full list.
	* only where not more than 235 square metres of floor area will be used for storage or distribution. # only where the total floor area of the building does not exceed 235 square metres.