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Town Centre Uses

The main town centre uses are set out in Planning Policy Statement 6 – Planning for Town Centres and includes:

 

_      retail (including warehouse clubs and factory outlet centres);

 

_      leisure, entertainment facilities, and the more intensive sport and recreation uses (including cinemas, restaurants, drive-through restaurants, bars and pubs, night-clubs, casinos, health and fitness centres, indoor bowling centres, and bingo halls);

 

_      offices, both commercial and those of public bodies; and

 

_      arts, culture and tourism (theatres, museums, galleries and concert halls, hotels, and conference facilities).