Assessment of Planning and Retail Issues - Renfrewshire Council

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PROPOSED EXTENSIONS AT 30 ASSESSMENT OF PLANNING AND RETAIL ISSUES BRAEHEAD RETAIL PARK MAY 2010 4 CONCLUSIONS 4.1 The new SPP - which is the most recent statement of planning policy in Scotland, and more up to date than the Glasgow & The Clyde Valley Structure Plan and the Renfrewshire Local Plan, gives support to investment to maintain and improve commercial centres, where the centres are part of the network of centres in the development plan and where such investment will not undermine town centres. The Fourth Alteration to the Structure Plan confirmed Braehead as a commercial centre, and the analysis in the previous section of this report demonstrated that the proposed investment at Braehead Retail Park will not undermine any town centres. Accordingly there is national policy support for the current proposals. 4.2 The proposals have been thoroughly assessed against the policies of the Structure Plan and shown to accord with its requirements. The relevant local plan policies R1, R2, R13 and R16 have also been examined, and it has been noted that the proposal complies with policies R1, R2 and R16, but does not conform with the floorspace restrictions of Policy R13. However it is considered that the departure from Policy R13 is not significant, because (1) the additional floorspace is far less than could be provided by way of mezzanine floors in the retail park, which in future will be under the full control of the council because of the effect of the proposed new legal agreement, and (2) in the light of national retail planning policy set out in the SPP, it is no longer appropriate to impose blanket presumptions against additional retail floorspace at the Braehead Retail Park, which is now designated as a Commercial Centre. 4.3 A detailed retail impact analysis has been undertaken, which shows that the effect of the proposed additional retail floorspace will be to reduce the turnover at the existing Renfrewshire retail parks by around 7%, but that each park will still maintain a healthy turnover-to-floorspace ratio. There are no town centres likely to be affected by the proposals. 4.4 The proposals will allow the retail park to respond to additional external competition from other retail destinations, restore some of the bulky goods retail floorspace which was lost to the park following the relocation of Sainsbury’s, and allow the park some flexibility to accommodate the future needs of its tenants, as well as providing new opportunities. It will also result in the visual enhancement of the park, particularly at the western end facing the main centre, improve links between the retail park, bus station and main centre, and allow improvements to
PROPOSED EXTENSIONS AT 31 ASSESSMENT OF PLANNING AND RETAIL ISSUES BRAEHEAD RETAIL PARK MAY 2010 landscaping. The new extensions will be of a high standard of design, and will link in well with the existing buildings. 4.5 Accordingly Renfrewshire Council is invited to give its full support to the proposals and to approve the planning applications and the Certificate of Lawful Use or Development.
Page 1 and 2: Proposed Extensions at Braehead Ret
Page 3 and 4: 1 INTRODUCTION The Proposals 1.1 Br
Page 5 and 6: PROPOSED EXTENSIONS AT 3 ASSESSMENT
Page 13 and 14: PROPOSED EXTENSIONS AT 11 ASSESSMEN
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Page 35 and 36: Table 1 Population Estimates - Brae
Page 37 and 38: Table 3 Comparison Expenditure Esti
Page 39 and 40: Table 5 Shopping Patterns in Main C
Page 45 and 46: Table 11 Changes to Glasgow City Ce
Page 47 and 48: Table 13 Estimated Total Turnover a
Page 53 and 54: Table 19 Potential Turnover - B&Q S
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