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Can Local Criteria be applied to the Use Classes Order

Former Member, modified 11 Years ago.
Can Local Criteria be applied to the Use Classes Order

Can anyone tell me whether you can apply local criteria when determining whether a change of use has occured?  For example running part of your house as a B&B without triggering a change of use from C3? Or does this always trigger a change of use?

thanks

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Former Member, modified 11 Years ago.
RE: Can Local Criteria be applied to the Use Classes Order

It will always be a question fo fact and degree. 

I'm not sure what you mean by local criteria, but I don't see any harm in having a checklist which prompts officers to consider specific points when deciding.  Anything more prescriptive, e.g. a guideline that says using more than 2 rooms as a B&B is a change of use, runs the risk of being overly relied on.