There is an increasing desire from an aging population for
developments adapted to the needs of older persons. Many models of
retirement living are emerging, which have different lower age
restrictions, varying levels of communal facilities and differing
access to domiciliary and nursing care. Those models do not always
sit comfortably within existing planning use classes or planning
policies.
The current Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987
defines use class C2 as including use for the provision of
residential accommodation and care to people in need of care
(provided the use does not fall within use class C3) and nursing
homes. Use class C3 includes use as a dwelling by a single person
or a family or by not more than 6 residents living together as a
single household, including where care is provided.
