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(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1989, and the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Orders 1981 to 1988() and this Order may be cited together as the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Orders 1981 to 1989.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 27th March 1989.
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The Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Order 1981() is hereby amended as follows:—
(a) in article 2(1)—
(i) the definition of “launderette” shall be deleted,
(ii) in the definition of “office” the words “or betting office” shall be deleted, and
(iii) in the definition of “shop” the word “launderette” shall be deleted;
(b) for Class III in Schedule 1 to that Order there shall be substituted the following:—“
Class III (Changes of use)
(1) In the following paragraph references to “classes” are references to the classes specified in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1989().
(2) Development consisting of a change of use of a building or land to a use within—
(a) class 1 (shops) from a use—
(i) within class 2 (financial, professional and other services);
(ii) within class 3 (food and drink); or
(iii) for the sale or display for sale of motor vehicles;
(b) class 2 (financial, professional and other services) from a use within class 3 (food and drink);
(c) class 4 (business) from a use within—
(i) class 5 (general industrial); or
(ii) class 11 (storage and distribution); and
(d) class 11 (storage and distribution) from a use within—
(i) class 4 (business); or
(ii) class 5 (general industrial);where no more than 235 square metres of the floorspace in the building or land will be used for a use within class 11.
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James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th January 1989