A planning application for change of use for the former Greenkeepers Compound has been submitted to the Borough Council on behalf of the landowners, Old Ford End Trust, by Robinson and Hall,
The application is to change the use of the Compound to Class E (c) (iii) – this class of use cover provision of:
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- E(c)(iii) Other appropriate services in a commercial, business or service locality
Responses to the application can be submitted to the Borough Council by 22nd June 2021. Comments may be made online here.
The Parish Council will be holding an extra ordinary meeting to discuss its response to the application; details will be posted once the meeting is arranged.
For info, the full list of Class E is below. Please note, not all Class E uses are applicable to this application.
Class E – Commercial, Business and Service – introduced from 1 September 2020.
In 11 parts, Class E more broadly covers uses previously defined in the revoked Classes A1/2/3, B1, D1(a-b) and ‘indoor sport’ from D2(e):
- E(a) Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food
- E(b) Sale of food and drink for consumption (mostly) on the premises
- E(c) Provision of:
- E(c)(i) Financial services,
- E(c)(ii) Professional services (other than health or medical services), or
- E(c)(iii) Other appropriate services in a commercial, business or service locality
- E(d) Indoor sport, recreation or fitness (not involving motorised vehicles or firearms)
- E(e) Provision of medical or health services (except the use of premises attached to the residence of the consultant or practitioner)
- E(f) Creche, day nursery or day centre (not including a residential use)
- E(g) Uses which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenity:
- E(g)(i) Offices to carry out any operational or administrative functions,
- E(g)(ii) Research and development of products or processes
- E(g)(iii) Industrial processes