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Town centres and retail
Publication Year
2020
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises planning practice guidance focusing on retail planning and other town centre uses. Covers: planning for town centre vitality and viability; permitted development and change of use in town centres; and assessing proposals for out of centre development.
Document History
Last updated: 18 September 2020 - Updated to reflect changes to the Use Classes Order from 1 September 2020. Also amended paragraphs 007 and 008. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ensuring-the-vitality-of-town-centres and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 3 March 2014.
Publisher Information
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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