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6 Employment 6 Employment Implementing Core Strategy Policy This chapter helps implement the following Core Strategy Policies: Policy 13 Employment Spaces 6.0.1 Core Strategy Policy 13 aims to provide for future employment growth in the borough, by protecting existing employment, including business floorspace and promoting new and/or intensified floorspace. The policy encourages a range of types and sizes of new work spaces, to encourage flexibility and ensure that supply meets local demand. The policy also aims to address worklessness, by requiring development to contribute to the local economy through the provision of employment and training opportunities. Policies within this section support implementation of the Core Strategy. 6.0.2 A loss of business floorspace, or a failure of developments to provide a sufficient uplift compared to the existing amount of floorspace, would be contrary to business growth requirements. Policy DM32 addresses this issue. Policy DM 32 Redevelopment of existing business space A. Inside the Central Activities Zone (CAZ) and town centres a significant uplift of business floorspace is required as part of development proposals; this is required to be the maximum amount of business floorspace reasonably possible on the site, whilst complying with other relevant planning considerations. Clear and robust evidence is required to demonstrate that the proposed amount of business floorspace is the maximum reasonably possible for the site. B. Outside the CAZ and town centres an uplift of business floorspace is required as part of redevelopment proposals, where achievable. Where an increase is not achievable and this has been clearly and robustly demonstrated, the retention or re-provision of at least the existing amount of business floorspace is required as part of the development. C. Development that will deliver an increase or retention of business floorspace should also provide for a mix of suitable uses; however, business uses are required to account for the majority of the net internal floorspace and the above Parts A / B of this policy are required to be complied with. D. Planning permission will be refused for a loss or reduction of business floorspace, except where exceptional circumstances can be clearly and robustly justified. 74 Islington Council Development Management Policies - Direction of Travel
6 Employment E. The redevelopment of existing floorspace within Use Classes B2 and B8 will only be permitted where a reprovision or increase of the existing amount of employment floorspace within Use Classes B2 and B8 would occur as part of development proposals. 6.0.3 The Islington Employment Study Update (2008) identifies a need for 529,430m 2 of additional B-Use floorspace 2006-2026. There is an identified supply of 65,000m 2 of unimplemented planning permissions. Accounting for this, the B-Use floorspace requirement is 464,000m 2 , which corresponds to 371,544 m 2 over the period 2011-2026. This is a 20.5% increase on the existing 1,810,000m 2 . This is a conservative estimate, given that not all unimplemented planning permissions will be implemented. Based on this evidence a significant increase in business floorspace is required on development sites, which shall be the maximum that can be accommodated, subject to the full range of other planning policies and considerations. 6.0.4 In relation to Parts A and B of policy DM32 evidence to demonstrate that the maximum amount of business floorspace reasonably possible on site is proposed shall include evidence of a lack of demand for a greater level of business floorspace than the proposed amount. Where there is no demand for business floorspace above existing amounts evidence in the form of a market demand analysis produced by a suitably qualified and impartial organisation is required to be submitted. 6.0.5 In relation to any loss of business floorspace and / or floorspace within Use Classes B2 and/or B8 planning applications must demonstrate clear and robust evidence that there is no demand for use of the building, unit and/or site for these purposes. This evidence requires an active marketing period of at least 2 years, which is shown to be unsuccessful. Active marketing should include all of the following: 1. contact information posted in a prominent location on site, in the form of an advertising board (subject to advertising consent, if required); 2. property registered with at least one commercial property agent; 3. property details / particulars available to inquirers on request; 4. property registered with the council's business support team; 5. property marketed for a range of business uses and/or B2 and/or B8, where appropriate, taking account of permitted changes of use, and 6. property marketed at a reasonable price, including in relation to condition, quality and location of floorspace. 6.0.6 Sufficient detailed information is required to be submitted alongside any planning application to demonstrate compliance with the above criteria, and information is required to be submitted with regards to: 1. the number and details of enquiries received; 2. the number of viewings; 3. the number, type, proposed uses and value of offers received; 4. reasons for refusal of any offer received, and / or reasons why any offers fell through; Development Management Policies - Direction of Travel Islington Council 75
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