Policy information sourced from the Bracknell Forest Local Plan 2024-2037 document.

LP 19: Employment Development Outside Designated Employment Areas in Defined Settlements.

Outside designated Employment Areas in defined settlements, business, industry, distribution and storage uses (BIDS) development will be supported where it does not have unacceptable adverse impacts on nearby residents, other businesses or other uses. This includes impacts caused by transport movements, noise, emissions, hours of operation and lighting. This support will apply to proposals that:

  • help create a range of different types and sizes of employment sites and premises to meet the diverse needs of the local economy; and/or,
  • comprise the appropriate intensification, redevelopment or upgrading of an existing employment site or premises to help meet the forecast demand over the plan period and to respond to modern business needs; and/or,
  • support improvements to the education and skills levels of Borough residents and initiatives to use local labour, particularly on the development of large and strategic sites; and/or,
  • are an appropriate part of a mixed use development.

Planning applications for large employment developments outside designated Employment Areas (involving a net increase of at least 2,500m2 Gross External Area, GEA) will also be required to be accompanied by an Employment Impact Statement demonstrating:

  • compliance with the sequential approach to location;
  • how it is appropriate in nature and scale to its location;
  • the transport implications of the proposal and how they will be provided for;
  • the number and type of jobs likely to be created by the development, and how they are to be sourced; and,
  • how any unacceptable adverse impacts will be mitigated.

For more information, please visit Bracknell Forest’s Local Plan document here.