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Car clubs: Clubs where a number of people share a pool car(s) for rent or otherwise,
for personal use.
Car-free development: No parking provision will be allowed on site and the occupiers
will have no ability to obtain car parking permits, except for parking needed to meet
the needs of disabled people.
Central Activities Zone: The area of central London where planning policy promotes
finance, tourism, specialist retail and cultural uses and activities.
Change of use: A type development that requires planning permission if it is judged
to be ‘material’. However, this excludes any change between uses which are within
the same use class as defined in the Use Classes Order. It also excludes changes
of use that are Permitted Development as defined in the General Permitted
Development Order.
Comparison goods retailers: Shops that sell items where some comparison is likely
to be made before purchasing goods (e.g. clothing, carpets, electrical goods).
Commercial-led development: Development where the majority of floorspace is for
business uses.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP): the combined production of heat and power,
where the heat emitted as a by-product of energy generation is captured for useful
purposes.
Conservation areas: Areas are designated under the Planning (Listed Buildings and
Conservation Areas) Act 1990, primarily by local authorities, for their special
architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable
to preserve or enhance. Conservation Area guidelines have been produced to guide
development decisions in each area.
Convenience goods retailers: shops that sell everyday items such as food, drink
and newspapers.
Core Strategy: the Core Strategy is a Development Plan Document setting out the
long-term spatial vision for the local planning authority area and the spatial objectives
and strategic policies to deliver that vision.
Creative industries: Activities which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and
talent, and which have their potential for wealth and job creation through the generation
and exploitation of intellectual property.
Cumulative impact: In terms of the 2003 Licensing Act, “cumulative impact” means
the potential impact on the promotion of the licensing objectives of a significant number
of licensed premises concentrated in one area.
D1 Use Class: Non-residential institutions – clinics, health centres, crèches, day
nurseries, day centres, schools, art galleries, museums, libraries, halls, places of
worship, church halls, law courts, non-residential education and training centres in
accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and its
subsequent amendments.
D2 Use Class: Assembly and leisure – cinemas, music and concert halls, bingo and
dance halls (but not nightclubs), swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums or sports
arenas (except for motor sports, or where firearms are used) in accordance with the
Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and its subsequent
amendments.
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