§ Mr. CawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if a planning permission for residential and nursing home can, without a change of use, apply to a residential care home for people with challenging behaviour. [9592]
§ Mr. Raynsford[holding answer 18 July 1997]: Planning permission is not required for changes of use within each class of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987. Use class C2 of the order covers use for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care, use as a hospital or nursing home, and use as a residential school, college or training centre. Use class C3 can cover use as a dwelling house where care is provided for not more than six residents living together as a single household.