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7 Shops, Leisure and Services 7 Shops, Leisure and Services Implementing Core Strategy Policy This chapter helps implement the following Core Strategy Policies: Policy 1 Archway, Policy 2 Finsbury Park, Policy 3 Nag's Head and Upper Holloway Road, Policy 5 Angel, Policy 6 Employment, Policy 14 Retail and Services, Policy 8 Enhancing Islington's character, Policy 14 Retail and Services 7.0.1 The Core Strategy aims to maintain the existing healthy retail economy and provide a range of goods and services. Major retail and leisure developments should be focused in the existing town centres, and independent retailers and local shopping areas are promoted and supported. 7.0.2 Islington has four town centres: two are classified as major town centres (Angel and Nag's Head) and two are district town centres (Archway and Finsbury Park). The boundaries of these town centres are shown on Maps 1 to 4. There are also shops spread across the rest of the borough in small local parades or isolated shops . As well as shops there are other businesses in these town and local shopping parades, such as banks, post offices, estate agents, dry cleaners, solicitors, cafés, restaurants and hot food take-aways. These businesses not only help support shopping areas but also provide services and jobs for local people and other businesses. 7.0.3 Town centres are crucial to the social, economic and environmental well being of the borough. Retailing should constitute the main use within the borough's town centres as it is an activity undertaken by everyone, and therefore should be accessible to all. The role and function of town centres must meet the needs of diverse communities, help reduce social exclusion, and create opportunities for everyone. 7.0.4 The council seeks to advise and support local employers and service providers as to how their accommodation and its management can enable them to recruit and retain a diverse work force and deliver inclusive services,and to honour their duties under the Equalities Act (2010). 7.0.5 Within town centres there are different concentrations of shops and other businesses. The areas which should mainly be shops are defined as 'primary frontages' and areas that have greater opportunities for a diversity of uses are defined as 'secondary frontages'. The primary and secondary frontages are designated on the Proposals Map and set out in Appendix 2. 78 Islington Council Development Management Policies - Direction of Travel
7 Shops, Leisure and Services Figure 7.1 Hierarchy of Shops Policy DM 34 Promoting small and independent shops A. The council will encourage the provision of accessible small shops (typically a 'small shop' is a unit with 80m 2 gross floorspace or less, occupied by an independent retailer or service outlet) suitable for small and independent retailers throughout the borough by: i) requiring large retail developments to include a proportion of small units; ii) encouraging the occupation of shops by independent retailers and the provision of affordable premises; and iii) where appropriate, attaching conditions to planning permissions for retail development to remove the ability to amalgamate units into larger premises. 7.0.6 Islington's many small and independent shops give the borough its character. Specialist shopping areas, such as Camden passage are nationally, as well as locally, known and add to Islington's distinctiveness and attractiveness as a place to live in and visit. 7.0.7 Islington's local shops provide for the day-to-day needs of the local population, workers and visitors and help to provide locally accessible facilities for those on low income, the elderly and people with mobility difficulties. Small and independent shops allow people to shop locally on foot, and can provide greater consumer choice and local employment. They can also play an important social role in the community, as well as contributing to the unique character and identity of the local area. 7.0.8 However, over recent years there has been a decline in local shops. There are various national campaigns to encourage people to shop locally, and Islington has introduced various initiatives to encourage and promote small and independent shops. One example Development Management Policies - Direction of Travel Islington Council 79
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