Consultation Statement - Islington Council

3 Direction of Travel consultation
Applications should be
assessed on a site-by-site
basis.
Some developers are
concerned that the marketing
requirement is too onerous.
Lazari investments consider
that the Archway should allow
more flexibility for
non-business employment
uses. Core Strategy Policy CS
demonstrated by marketing.
The policy has some flexibility
whilst giving protection for
business floorspace that could
perform a useful function, but
which may be lost due to
higher rental and sales values
of some other uses. The
council has a responsibility to
plan for economic growth and
the loss of business space
without consideration of
demand over a good period of
1 is referred to. Cushman and time would be contrary to this.
Wakefield have referred to the
relationship between site
allocations and DM 32.
Workspace Group objected to
DM 32 and stated that higher
employment densities and
home-working mean a reduced
need for office space.
Residential is needed in some
cases to increase viability of
employment uses.
GLA support DM 32 but
suggest that the reference to
mix of uses including retail
should be clearer in supporting
text.
Craft Central support the
protection of existing
employment space. Henerson
Global Investors support DM
32 A.
Drivers Jonas Deloitte consider
that employment numbers are
more relevant than floorspace.
The policy also allows
reprovision of floorspace where
the condition of existing
floorspace is not attractive to
potential occupiers.
CS 1 states that the Archway
core site should be a
mixed-use site that retains a
significant proportion of office
space, alongside other uses.
DM 32 allows for a mix of uses.
Due to forecast population and
employment growth, even with
more efficient use of floorspace
in some circumstances, new
floorspace and the protection
of existing floorspace is
important to the economic
sustainability of the borough.
The policy allows for a mix of
uses.
Mix of uses is clearer referred
to. Text has been revised for
Submission version.
See comment in relation to
Issues and Options
consultation.
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