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7. BUSINESS, GENERAL INDUSTRY
AND STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION |
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Restraint Of Business,
General Industrial And Storage Or Distribution Development In The
Built-Up Areas Excluded From The Green Belt |
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POLICY E1 |
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In the built-up areas
excluded from the Green Belt, planning permission for development
for business, general industrial, or storage or distribution purposes
will only be granted on land
identified in Policies E2, E3 and E4. |
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Business, general industrial,
and storage or distribution development should also comply with other
policies in this Local Plan. |
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In all the policies in
this Chapter, the terms "business" "general industrial" and "storage
or distribution" are as defined in Part B of the Town & Country Planning
(Use Classes) Order 1987. |
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For the purpose of all
the policies in this chapter, the Council will carefully consider
the precise nature of a sui-generis use and if its main purpose and
function is closely similar to uses in Classes B1, B2 or B8, the Council
will treat the development proposals as falling within the scope of
Part B. |
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Areas For Business,
General Industrial And Storage Or Distribution Development In The
Built-Up Areas Excluded From The Green Belt As Defined On The Proposals
Map |
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POLICY E2 |
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Areas for business, general
industrial and storage or distribution development are defined on
the Proposals Map. |
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Within these areas development
for business, general industrial, or storage or distribution purposes
will be acceptable, provided that other policies in this Local Plan
are complied with. |
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Development for uses other
than business, general industry or storage or distribution, will not
be permitted within the defined areas. |
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This Policy also includes
sui-generis uses as referred to in Policy E1. |
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Areas For Business
And Storage Or Distribution Development In The Built-Up Areas Excluded
From The Green Belt As Defined On the Proposals Map |
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POLICY E3 |
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Areas for business and
storage or distribution development are defined on the Proposals Map.
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Within these areas development
for business, or storage or distribution purposes will be acceptable,
provided that other policies in this Local Plan are complied with.
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Development for uses other
than business, or storage or distribution will not be permitted within
the defined areas, except as set out below. |
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Exceptions may be made
in the case of existing general industrial uses where it can be demonstrated
that the general industrial development proposed would not cause significant
deterioration in the amenities of the occupiers of properties in the
vicinity of the site and Policies TR2, TR3 and TR11 in this Local
Plan can be complied with. |
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This Policy also includes
sui-generis uses as referred to in Policy E1. |
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Other Sites In Business,
General Industrial And Storage Or Distribution Uses And Sui-Generis
Uses In The Built-up Areas Excluded From The Green Belt |
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POLICY E4 |
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On other sites in existing
use, or last used, for business, general industrial, or storage or
distribution purposes and where the use is authorised or otherwise
law full, the Council will permit business development provided that
other policies in this Local Plan are complied with. |
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Clause 1 also applies
to Sui-generis Uses as referred to in Policy E1. |
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Where general industrial,
or storage or distribution uses already exist on sites as described
in clause (1) above, development for such uses may be permitted provided
that the development proposed would not result in significant deterioration
of the amenities of the occupiers of properties in the vicinity of
the site and Policies TR2, TR3 and TR11 in this Local Plan can be
complied with. |
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Development for any uses
other than business, general industrial, or storage or distribution
will not be permitted on sites as described in clauses (1) an d (2)
above. |
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"Other" sites are defined
as those sites either wholly, or partly, in business, general industrial,
or storage or distribution use in the built-up areas excluded from
the Green Belt which are not identified on the Proposals Map for Policies
E2 and E3. |
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Change Of Use Of
Part Of A Dwelling To Business Use In The Built-Up Areas Excluded
From The Green Belt |
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POLICY E5 |
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In the built-up areas
excluded from the Green Belt, the Council will grant permission for
the change of use of part of a dwelling to business use provided that:-
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the occupiers of the proposed
business floorspace are residents of the dwelling; |
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the business use would
occupy substantially less floorspace than the residential use, and
a viable residential un it would remain. This unit should normally
comprise at least 4 separate rooms, namely, a living room, a bedroom,
a kitchen and a bathroom/WC, which are used for residential purposes;
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the business use would
not adversely affect the amenities of adjacent residents, or the character
of the residential area generally, including disturbance from an increase
in traffic movements; |
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other policies in this
Local Plan would be complied with. |
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Business is defined as
Class B1 in the Town & Country (Use Classes) Order 1987. |
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The Council will not permit
the change of use of any part of a dwelling to general industrial
use, or to storage or distribution use. |
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This policy will also
be applied to sui-generis uses as described in paragraph 7.11 of this
chapter. |
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