53 tal-1994

L.N. 53 01. 19904

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT, ' ' '2

(ACT NO. I OY 1992)

IN virtue of the powcrs oonferred on it by se<:tion$ 30 and 31 of the

Devdopmcllt Planning Act , 1992, the Plan ning Authority humade the

followillJ Order;-

I. This Order may be cited as the Development Planning (Use

Casses) Order , 1994.

ta' Utu n-Ippjanar ta' I-Itvilupp.

(Article 3)

CLASS 1 - Dwellings

Viii: as a residence , whether o r not as a sole or main residence. by any of the

following

(a)

A single person o r by people living together as a family;

(b) Not snore than sill: re5idents living together, including a household where

care is provided for residents;

(c) A resident concurrently wit~ IIis orhern<:CU~a~n o r b\lsin.e51 , ~vided

tbat, in the o pinion of the Authonty , the n<:CUlH-uoo 11 eomlH-uble WIth the

residential Ulil:, and it

B lOO

(t) can be carried on in any residential area without detriment to the

amenity of mal area by rellSOll of noise, vibrations, smell, fumes , smoke, soot ,

ash, d ust, grit or visual impact:; and

(2) does DOl generate vehicular traffic or parking of a type or amount

which is detrimental to the amenity of the area in which ;1 is c:ooducted; and

(3) does no! involve the pre5C1ICC on the premises of more than three

persons enpged in the business (including the proprietors) or iD OOIIIequence

of the buJines., al any om: time.

CLASS 2 - Residential InstiIUUoll$

Use for either of the following

(.) Residential accommodation and can 10 people in need of care other

a-

I (Dwellinp) hereof;

than a use wilhin

(b)

Hospilll or Dursing borne.

CLASS3 - Hostcll

Use for any of the fOIlowinI

boarding house:;

Ca)

~st house;

(b)

hostel,

(e)

wbere oosignifteant clement of care il provided , but excluding premises licensed for the

ule of akobolic liquor 10 pel1Oll$ other than residents.

CLASS 4- SHOPS

Use for any of the following

Retail sale of goods

(.)

(b) Post Offic:e

(,)

Sale of licli:cl5

(d) T ravel Agmcy

(0)

Hairdre$Sing

(Q

Direction of tune",1i

Display of goods for saJe

(g)

(h)

HiriD, out of domestic good$ or personal goods or . rtides

B

""

<i) Reception of goods 10 be 'N&$hed , cleaned , or repaired

.... here the sale, display, or service is principally 10 visitilll members of the public.

CLASS 5 - Financial, Professional, and other Offices

Use for any of the foUowing

(a) Financial services

(b)

Profe5$ional services (iocludingdoctors, lawyers, dentists)

(c) Any other offices of. oomparable natun:: .

Food and Drink

CLASS 6 -

Use for any of the following;

Sale of hot or oold food or drink foroonsumption on oroff the premises

(a)

(b) Gelateri.

(e) Bar

RC:lUu~l .

(d)

CLASS 7 - Non-Residential Institutions

Use . other than residential use , for any of the followins

Display of worb of an otber lhao forl&le or for hire

(a)

(b) Museum

(e)

Public library o r public reading room

Public hall or exhibition hall

(d)

(c) Places in connection with publK: wors.hip or religious instruction, or the

social or recreational activities of • religious body .

CLASS 8 - E<lucation

Use for eilller

Kindergarten , crkhe, day DUrsery or day centre; or

(b)

Residential o r non_residential scbooI , college , or trainilll cenlre.

CLASS 9 - AS5embly and Leisure

Use for any oftne fOllowing

<a) Onema

(b)

Coocert hallortbeatre

(c)

BingoballorCasiI1O

(d) Swimming bath or pool, skating rink, gym nasium, health cl\lb, Sluna.

SpaN hal l. or other indoor or outdoor land-based sporu or recreatiolU nol

involvina motorised vehicles or firearms.

CLASS 10 -

Marine Leisure

Use for either

(a)

Mooring boats andlor as a marina; or

(b)

Diving, sailing. or windsurfing school or other marine-based sport or

l'Cal:alion .

CLASS 11- Business and Ligbll ndustry

Use for any of the following

Rescan:b, te~ti ng and development of products or procc55es;

(.)

(b) Craft business;

(c) AIly light indusuy (other than an industry falling within Oasses 12, 13,

14 , 1$ and 16)

provided t hat, if any such use i~ carried out in. residential area, in the opinion of the

Autho rity -

(1) it can be carried DUI without detriment 10 the ameni ty of Ihat area by

reason of noise, vibrations, smell, fumes, smoke. SOOt, ash, dust. grit, or viiUal

impaCl; and

(2) it does DOt generate vehicular traffIC o r parking of I type or amount

which is detrimental to the amenity of the area in which it is condUC1od; and

(3) il does nOI resull in a significant increase in the number of employees

previously engaged in the former use.

CLASS 12- General Industrial

Use for the carrying OIl ohn industrial pn:x:eu othe r than onc falling within aas.

11 (8 usi.nessand Light Industry), or within Oasses 13 to 16 (Spccial lnduslrial Group)

of thit; Schedule.

CLASS 13 - Speciallndustrial Group A

Use for any of the following

(a)

Smelting, calcining, sintering, or reducing ores, minerals, ooooentrates

or mattes

(b) Converting, rcfin.i.ng, reheating, annealing. hardening, melting,

camurising, forging, or casting metals or alloys other than pressure diecasting

(c)

Recovering of metal from scrap , drosses, or ashes

(d)

Galvanising

(e)

Pickling or treating metal in acid

(f)

Chromium plating

exce pt where the process is anciJlary to the gening, dressing or treatment of minerals

and is undertaken in or adjacent to a quarry or mine,

CLASS 14 - Speciallnduslrial Group B

Use for any of the following

<a)

Durning lime or dolomite

(b) Producing zinc oxide, cement or a1umina

Foaming, crushing, SCTccning or beating mineral or slag

(c)

Processing pulverised fuel ash by heal

(d)

(c)

Producing carbonate of lime or hydrated lime

(f) Producing inorganic pigments by calcining, roasting or grinding,

except where the process is ancillary to the getting, dressing or treatment of minerals

and is undertaken in Or adjacent to a quarry or mine .

CLASS 15 - SpeciallndustriBI Group C

Use for any of the following

(a) Distilling, refining, or blending oils (other than petroleum orpelroleum

products)

(b) Producing or using cellulose or using other pres:sUfe sprayed metal

finishes (other than in vehide repair workshops in connection with minor repain,

or application of plastic powder by the use of fluidised bed and electrostatic spray

techniques)

(c)

Boiling linseed oil or running gum

(d) Processes involving the use of hot pitch or bitumen in the manufacture of

roofing fell at temperatures not exceeding 22O"C or the manufacture of coated

roadslone

(c) Stoving enamelled ware

(f) Producing aliphatil:: esters of the lower fatty acids, butyrie acid, caramel,

Ilexaminc, iodoform, naphthols, resin products (excluding plastic moulding or

extrusion operations and producing plllStil:: sheets, rods, tubes , filaments, fibres, or

optical components produced by (:listing, calenering, moulding, shaping or

extrusion), sali<:ylic acid or sulphonated organic compounds

(g) Producing rubber frnm scrap

(h) Chemical processes in which I::holorophenols or I::hloroc:resols are used as

intermediates

(i)

Manufacturing acetylene from calcium carbide

(j) Manufacturing, recovering, or using pyridine orpioolincs, any methyl or

ethyl amine, or acrylates.

CLASS 16 - Special Industrial Group 0

Use for the <:arrying on of an industrial process whil::h uses animal remains as the

primary input or as pan of the process of manufacture.

CLASS 17 - Storage and Distribution

Use for storage (other than the storage, on land or on water, of boats) or as a

distribution centre.

CLASS 18 - Agrkulture

The carrying on of agriculture whkh involves the intensive raising of crops or

animals, other than the chang~ <.If use of buildings for the intensive raising of animals

where such use will be within 400 metres of a use which falls into aasses I to 11 of this

0"',,,>

CLASS 19 - Boatyards

Use for any of the following

(a) Storing boats (other than in a marina);

(b)

Boat building;

(c) Boat repair.

CLASS 20 - Aquaculture

Use for the hatching or [aucoing of fish.

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(1) In this Order. un less the oontexl otherwise requires, the

following upressiotu shall have the meanings hereby usigned 10

them:-

~ ActW meanSlhe Development Planning Act, 1992;

".;:an:" means sueh personal care as is given to people in lIted

of 5Ild1 care by reason of their being elderly, disabled, having a past

or present dependence on aloobol or drugs , or a past or present

mental disorder, and in ClII55 2 of the Sthcdule it also includes the

personal care of child ren and medical care and treatmtnt ;

"class" means a class specified in the Scbcdule 10 Ihis Order;

"dayoentre" muns premi$e$ whil:h are visited d".,'ng the day

for social or recnational pIIIpOIICI or for the purp:>$eS of

re habilitation or occupational training, and at which care is also

provided ;

~hazardous substance ~ means any substanceor material which

could subjea persons or animals to material risk. of death , injury or

impairment of heal th , or could threaten the pollution or

ODnlluninatioo of air, land , sea or watercourses ;

~industrial proceu~ means a process for or incidental to any of

the following pu rposes

(a) the makins of an y article or pan of any anide

(indudins a ship ot any other YC$KI , or a film, video, or5OUnd

reoordi.ns) ;

(b) the alterins, repairinS. maintaining, omamentins.

finishing, cleanins. washing, packios, canning, adapting lor

$ale, breaking up , or de molition of any article;

(c)

the getting, dressing, or treatment of minerals ,

in the course of any tl"ldc o r business other than agricultu~ , and

other than I use undenaken in or adjacen t to a mine or quarT}';

Mnotifiable quantity~ means that quantity of a haurdous

$ubstame for which notification is required by the Planning

Authority by a funher Order or Orden made for that purpose;

"the Schedule means the Schedule to this Orne •.

H

(2)

In this Order. words and expTeSSions defined in the Act

shall have the same meaning as they haY<: in the Act.

J. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order , where a building ,

including land occupied with the building and used for the gme

purposes, or land are u&ed for a purpose in any class specified in the

Schedule, the use of that building or land for any other purpose in the

same class shall !lOt be development, and a development permission is

not required except as provided in this Order.

(2) A use which is included in and ordinarily incidental to

any use in a class specified in the Schedule is not e~dudcd from lIle use

to whicb it is incidental merely because il is specified in the Schedule as

a separate use.

(1) Bla hsara ghad-dispotittjonijiet ta' din j-Qrdni , meta

bini , inklu:!:a I-an okkupata mal · bini u uiata ghal1-istess gbanijiel, jew

art jintutaw glial xi ghan rxi klassi speCifikalB fl-hleda, I-ulo la' dak iJ-

bin; jew dik I-art ghal xi skop ichor fl-istess klassi roa ghandux jitqics li

jkun jimplika tvllupp. u ma jkunx mehtieg permess ta' tvilupp hlLe! kif

provdut fdin I·OrdnL

(2) Utu Ji jkun inklut fi, u ordinarj arnent intide lltali ghal, xi

uZu fi klassi speCifikata fl·!skeda ma huwiex esklui minn dak J·uiu li

ghalih huwa inCidentali ghalie x biss ikun speCifikat fl·lskeda bhala uiu

separat.

Nothing in any class specified in tile Schedule shall include any

use for any of the following

<I) Amusement arcade or centre, or a funfair;

(b) Band club, social club , dana: or w«Iding hall , or

discotheque ;

(c) Sale of fuel for mo!Orvehiclcs;

(d)

S.le or display for $lie of motonehicles ;

(e) Tu; busineuor fortbe hire of motor ~Itides;

(f)

Fireworu factories;

(&) AqualunS filler;

(h) Goldsmith or silversmith;

(I) Scnpyard or l)'Ird for the breakinS ofmotor vehicles ;

(j) Quart)' o r mine or for the storage , di$uibutioo 01'

processing of minerals;

(k) Di$poIIl or any waste maleriab either 00 the land or al

~;

(1) Ml11ufaeturins , prooessing , keeping or storing of a

huardouJ SUbllancc , iD a buildiq or on land, ..,hid! will cause

!.hen! 10 be .t l11y one time • notifUoble quantity or thal subltaooe

iD , on, ~r o r under lhat buildins or Il11d, or l11y site or wbic:b thal

building or Land forms part; and for the pl,lrpo$« of this pantgntph

~sileR nK:anllhe whole area ofland within the same undertaking or

unit of occupation;

(m) WlWiing or cleaning of clothel or fabrics in coin

operated machines o r on premises al which the good$ 10 be cleaned

are rcc:eived direct from the visiting public;

(D)

HOleb;

(0)

Sboocilll range or shooting club or for any other U$e

inYOlving fire.rms ;

Coofercnccccotrc;

(P)

(q) Rating o r practising of mOlo r vehicles, incl1,l(\ing off-

road vehiclea.

S. In the case of • building used for • purpose within Oas!; 1

(Dwellings) of the Schedule, the use of the building which results in an

increase or decrease in the Dumber of dwelling units in which the

building was previously used, man be devt:lopmcnt.

, . A provision of lhis Order shalIlKM apply ..... Ilere iu operation is ~"".

eJlpressly ucluded by • condition or oondlllonl, or by a limitation, pt, .

imposed on • development permission in acoordancc with subsection

(2) of $eCtion 33 ofltlc Ace.

The provisions of lhis Order shall have effed in relation to ";_;.;~"

Classes 6, 9, 11 , 12, tJ, 14, I S, 16 and 17 onIywbere the use from which ~

tbe change is to be made to another use within the same class has been """""'-.

permitted by a specific annt of a de~Jopment permis$ion made after

the ooming into force of this Order on an application for development in

accordance with Pan IV of the Act.