Air Quality SPD
Appendix 1
Department for Transport Criteria for Transport Assessments (now archived[17])
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Land Use |
Description |
TA Required |
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Food Retail (A1) |
Retail sale of food goods to the public – supermarkets, superstore, convenience food store |
>800 m2 |
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Non-Food Retail (A1) |
Retail sale of non-food goods to the public; but includes sandwich bars or other cold food purchased and consumed off site |
>1500 m2 |
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Financial and professional services (A2) |
Banks, building societies and bureaux de change, professional services, estate agents, employment agencies, betting shops. |
>2500 m2 |
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Restaurants and Cafes (A3) |
Use for the sale of food for consumption on the premises. |
>2500 m2 |
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Drinking Establishments (A4) |
Use as a public house, wine-bar for consumption on or off the premises. |
>600 m2 |
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Hot Food Takeaway (A5) |
Use for the sale of hot food for consumption on or off the premises. |
>500 m2 |
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Business (B1) |
(a) Offices other than in use within Class A2 (financial & professional). (b) Research & development – laboratories, studios. (c) Light industry |
>2500 m2 |
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General industrial (B2) |
General industry (other than B1). |
>4000 m2 |
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Storage or Distribution (B8) |
Storage or distribution centres – wholesale warehouses, distribution centres & repositories. |
>5000 m2 |
|
Hotels (C1) |
Hotels, boarding houses & guest houses |
>100 bedrooms |
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Residential Institutions (C2) |
Hospitals, nursing homes used for residential accommodation and care. |
>50 beds |
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Residential Institutions (C2) |
Boarding schools and training centres |
>150 students |
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Residential institutions (C2) |
Institutional hostels, homeless centres. |
>400 residents |
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Dwelling Houses (C3) |
Dwellings for individuals, families or not more than six people in a single household. |
>80 units |
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Non-Residential Institutions (D1) |
Medical & health services, museums, public libraries, art galleries, non-residential education, places of worship and church halls. |
>1000 m2 |
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Assembly and Leisure (D2) |
Cinemas, dance & concert halls, sports halls, swimming, skating, gym, bingo, and other facilities not involving motorised vehicles or firearms. |
>1500 m2 |
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Other |
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1. Any development generating 30 or more two-way vehicle movements in any hour |
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2. Any developments generating 100 or more two-way vehicle movements per day |
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3. Any development proposing 100 or more parking spaces |
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4. Any development generating significant freight or HGV movements per day, or significant abnormal loads per day |
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5. Any development proposed in a location where the local transport infrastructure is inadequate |
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6. Any development proposed in a location within or adjacent to an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) |
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[17] http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100409053422/http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/165237/202657/guidanceontaappendixb
