Shaw & Company - Offices & Shops in Surrey

We offer offices and shops to rent or buy in Surrey and the adjoining counties of Hampshire and Berkshire along the A3, M3, M4 corridors, with good access to the large towns of Guildford, Woking, Camberley and Bracknell.

Our available office rental space range extends from serviced offices for small businesses to sizeable modern offices suitable for larger enterprises. A2 office space is also available. SHOPS are in a separate section within this site.

To advertise on this site, contact:

Shaw and Company, 1 The Square, Lightwater, Surrey, GU18 5SS

Telephone: 01276 475557  |  Email: david@shawco.uk.net

Use Classes Order (England)

This table is intended as a guide to The Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 as amended by The Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005. It is not intended to be comprehensive.

TCPA Use Classes
Order 2005		 Use / Description of Development Permitted Change
A1
Shops

• Retail sale of goods to the public - Shops, Post Offices, Travel Agencies & Ticket Agencies, Funeral Director & Undertakers, Hairdressers, Domestic Hire Shops, Dry Cleaners.
• Sandwich Bars (sandwiches or other cold food purchased and consumed off the premises) & Internet Cafes.

 No permitted change
A2
Financial &
Professional
Services

• Financial Services - Banks, Building Societies and Bureau de Change.
• Professional Services (not Health or Medical Services) - Estate Agencies & Employment Agencies.
• Other Services - Betting Shops.

(Principally where services are provided to visiting members of the public)		 A1

(where there is a ground floor display window)
A3
Restuarants &
Cafes

• Restaurants and Cafes - Use for the sale of food for consumption on the premises.

(Other than Internet Cafes - see A1)		 A1 or A2
A4
Drinking
Establishments

• Use as a Public House, Wine Bar or other Drinking Establishment.

 A1, A2 or A3
A5
Hot Food
Takeaway

• Use for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises.

 A1, A2 or A3
B1
Business

• Offices other than in use with Class A2
• Research and Development - Laboratories and Studios
• Light Industry appropriate in a residential area.

(Former Use Classes B3-B7 are now encompassed by B2)		 B8

(where no more than 235m2)
B2
General
Industrial

• General Industry (unless IN B1)

(Former Use Classes B3-B7 are now encompassed by B2)		 B1 or B8

(B8 limted to 235m2)
B8
Storage or
Distribution

• Storage or Distribution Centres - Wholesale Warehouses, Distribution Centres & Repositories.  Includes open air storage.

 

 B1

(where no more than 235m2)
C1
Hotels

• Hotels, Guest Houses & Boarding Houses.

(Only where no significant element of care is provided)

No permitted change
C2
Residential
Institutions

• Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Residential Education & Training Centres.

(Use for the provision of residential accomodation and care to people in need of care)

 No permitted change

 
C3
Non-Residential
Institutions

• Dwellings for individuals, families of not more than six people living together as a single household.
• Not more than six people living together includes - students or young people sharing a dwelling and
small group homes for disabled or handicapped people living in the community.

 No permitted change

 
D1
Non-Residential Institutions

• Medical & Health Services - Clinic & Health Centres, Crèches, Day Nursery, Day Centres & Consulting Rooms (not attached to the Consultant's or Doctor's house).
• Museums, Public Libraries, Art Galleries, Exhibition Halls.
• Non-Residential Education & Training Centres.
• Places of Worship, Religious Instruction & Church Halls.

 No permitted change

 

D2
Assembly &
Leisure

• Cinemas, Dance and Concert Halls & Bingo Halls.
• Sports Halls, Swimming Baths, Skating Rinks, Gymnasiums.
• Other Indoor & Outdoor Sports & Leisure Uses not involving motorised vehicles or firearms.

 No permitted change

 
Sui Generis
(* see note below)

For example:
• Retail Warehouses, Clubs, Amusement Arcades, Laundrettes, Petrol Filling Stations, Taxi Businesses, Car/Vehicle Hire Businesses & the selling and displaying of Motor Vehicles, Clubs, Nightclubs, Casinos, Theatres, Hostels, Builders’ Yards, Scrap Yards, Garden Centres.

 No permitted change

 

Note:
* The most common 'Uses' are contained within the Use Classes Order, however, some uses cannot be specifically 'categorised' within one of the four main Use Classes (A-D). These uses are classified as 'sui generis' and some examples are given in the table, but this is not an exhaustive list. Planning permission is normally required for any change of use from or to a 'sui generis'.