SORRY ABOUT THE JARGON

Just to explain for the benefit of the many Brigg Blog readers who may not be 'anoraks' when it comes to the finer points of Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 764 The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987...

B1 use (as proposed for 1A Ancholme Gardens, Brigg, in the current planning application) is defined by the powers-that-be as:

Use for all or any of the following purposes —
(a) as an office other than a use within class A2 (financial and professional services),
(b) for research and development of products or processes, or
(c) for any industrial process,
being a use which can be carried out in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit.

So now you know!

Memo to planners: We've commended you for the amount of information made public through your excellent on-line applications/decision portal, but how about a bit of plain English? Please explain what these terms actually mean.

At which point Brigg Blog had better define A2 for the benefit of the masses..

Financial and professional services
Use for the provision of —
(a) financial services, or
(b) professional services (other than health or medical services), or
(c) any other services (including use as a betting office) which it is appropriate to provide in a shopping area,
where the services are provided principally to visiting members of the public.