Southwest
Environmental LimitedSouthwest
Environmental Limited| London |
| 02076 920 670 |
| Exeter |
| 01392 927 961 |
| Manchester |
| 01612 970 026 |
| Bristol |
| 01173 270 092 |
If you project is over the below thresholds you may require a
Travel Plan. Southwest Environmental Limited
| Development/ Change of use category | Description of development | Unit | Threshold |
| A1 Food retail Travel Plan Threshold | Retail sale of food to the public - food superstores, supermarkets, convenience food stores. | Gross Floor Area | > 800 sq m |
| A1 Non-food retail Travel Plan Threshold |
Retail sale of non-food goods to the public; but includes sandwich bars - sandwiches or other cold food purchased and consumed off the premises; internet cafés.
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Gross Floor Area | > 1500 sq m |
| A2 Financial and professional services Travel Plan Threshold | Financial services – banks, building societies and bureaux de change, professional services (other than health or medical services) – estate agents and employment agencies, other services – betting shops, principally where services are provided to visiting members of the public. | Gross Floor Area | > 2500 sq m |
| A3 Restaurants and cafes Travel Plan Threshold | Restaurants and cafés – use for the sale of food for consumption on the premises, excludes internet cafés (now A1). | Gross Floor Area | > 2500 sq m |
| A4 Drinking establishments Travel Plan Threshold | Use as a public house, wine-bar or other drinking establishment. | Gross Floor Area | > 600 sq m |
| A5 Hot food takeaway Travel Plan Threshold | Use for the sale of hot food consumption on or off the premises. | Gross Floor Area | >500 sq m |
| B1 Business Travel Plan Threshold | a) Offices other than within Class A2 (financial and professional services) b) Research and development - laboratories, studios c) Light industry | Gross Floor Area | >2500 sq m |
| B2 General Industrial Travel Plan Threshold | General industry (other than classified as in B1), The former 'special industrial' use classes, B3 - B7, are now all encompassed in the B2 use class | Gross Floor Area | > 4000 sq m |
| B8 Storage or distribution Travel Plan Threshold | Storage or distribution centres - wholesale warehouses, distribution centres and repositories. | Gross Floor Area | > 5000 sq m |
| Hotels C1 Travel Plan Threshold Threshold | Hotels, boarding houses and guest houses, development falls within this class if 'no significant element of care is provided'. | Bedrooms | >100 bedrooms |
| C2 Residential institutions - hospitals, nursing homes Travel Plan Threshold | Used for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care. | Beds | > 50 beds |
| C2 Residential institutions - residential education Travel Plan Threshold | Boarding schools and training centres. | Students | > 150 students |
| C2 Residential institutions - institutional hostels Travel Plan Threshold | Homeless shelters, accommodation for people with learning difficulties and people on probation. | Residents | > 400 residents |
| C3 Dwelling houses Travel Plan Threshold | Dwellings for individuals, families of not more than six people living together as a single household. Not more than six people living together includes - students or young people sharing a dwelling and small group homes for disabled or handicapped people living together in the community. | Dwelling Units | > 80 units |
| D1 Non-residential institutions Travel Plan Threshold | Medical and health services - clinics and health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres and consulting rooms (no attached to the consultant's or doctor's house), museums, public libraries, art galleries, exhibition halls, non-residential education and training centres, places of worship, religious instruction and church halls. | Gross Floor Area | > 1000 sq m |
| D2 Assembly & Leisure Travel Plan Threshold | Cinemas, dance and concert halls, sports halls, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums, bingo halls and casinos, other indoor and outdoor sports and leisure uses not involving motorised vehicles or firearms | Gross Floor Area | > 1500 sq m |
| Others Travel Plan Threshold |
For example: stadium, retail warehouse clubs, amusement arcades, launderettes, petrol filling stations, taxi businesses, car/vehicle hire businesses and the selling and displaying of motor vehicles, nightclubs, theatres, hostels, builders' yards, garden centres, POs, travel and ticket agencies, hairdressers, funeral directors, hire shops, dry cleaners.
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Dealt with on an individual case basis |
Any Q's give SWEL a tinkle.