HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

also on sites with good road access which are not readily accessible on foot or by public transport, and do
not therefore meet criterion (iv) of Policy S1. Many of the sites that satisfy retail warehouse operators'
locational constraints tend to be in industrial areas. The future is likely to see continuing demand for retail
warehouses in the Borough, whilst rationalisation may see redevelopment of existing retail warehouses or
relocation of operators to sites which are better located. Given the strategic nature of most of the Borough's
Industrial and Business Areas, the Council's economic regeneration initiatives, particularly in the
Hayes/West Drayton Corridor and revised PPG6 (June 1996), the Local Planning Authority considers that
in or on the fringe of town centres to be the preferred locations for retail warehouses and superstores. In
view of the importance of protecting land for industry (see Chapter 10), the Local Planning Authority will
need to be satisfied that, in accordance with the advice in PPG6, retail proposals on industrial land do not
prejudice the supply of land for industrial uses and development.
8.10 Developers must have regard to the prominent environmental effect of superstores and retail
warehouses on their surroundings. The Local Planning Authority will try to limit the scale of development
at any one site, to enable a distribution of retail warehouses and convenience goods outlets throughout the
Borough, and to reduce the need to make long shopping trips. As the Local Planning Authority does not
wish to encourage general retail development on sites accessible primarily by private transport it will not
permit such development in locations which cannot be made accessible to the majority of potential
customers on foot, by cycle or by public transport.
8.11 Policy LE2 regulates future retail development in designated Industrial and Business Areas. To
comply with Policies S1, LE2 and S2 and in accordance with PPG6 (1996), the Local Planning Authority
may impose conditions regarding the main ranges of goods to be sold. Many existing retail warehouses in
industrial areas already operate under conditions limiting the range of goods. These conditions should be
upheld where they are still applicable in terms of Policies S1 and S2.
S2 APPLYING THE SEQUENTIAL TEST THE LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY WILL
PERMIT RETAIL WAREHOUSE AND SUPERSTORE DEVELOPMENT ON SITES WITH
GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESS IN OR ADJACENT TO TOWN OR LOCAL CENTRES
WHERE THE PROPOSAL ACCORDS WITH POLICY S1.
IT WILL PERMIT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON SITES WHICH DO NOT MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF POLICY S1 ONLY IF THE SITE IS (OR CAN BE MADE) ACCESSIBLE
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO THE MAJORITY OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND IF IT IS
SATISFIED THAT THE NATURE AND VOLUME OF THE GOODS TO BE SOLD ARE SUCH
THAT THEY CANNOT SATISFACTORILY BE SOLD WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO A TOWN
OR LOCAL CENTRE. IT WILL TAKE ACCOUNT OF:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ON SITE SERVICING AND CAR
PARKING; OR
ROAD CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; OR
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL ON THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
ANY PLANNING CONSENTS WILL, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
RESTRICTING THE MAIN RANGES OF GOODS THAT MAY BE SOLD IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY THE LOCATION AND TO PROTECT THE VIABILITY, VITALITY AND
ATTRACTIVENESS OF ANY TOWN OR LOCAL CENTRE OR TO MITIGATE DAMAGE TO
THE GENERAL PATTERN OF LOCAL SHOPS WHICH PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LOCAL
SERVICES.
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IN DESIGNATED INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS IS
RESTRICTED BY POLICY LE2.
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan