Policy information sourced from Brentwood Local Plan
PC08: Non-Centre Uses
Proposals for non-centre uses in the Designated Centres will only be permitted if:
- complement the retail and service function and makes a positive contribution to the vitality, viability and diversity of the Designated Centre it is located within;
- would not create an over-concentration of non-centre uses which are harmful to the function of the centre;
- provide an active frontage in keeping with the character of the Designated Centre;
- would not give rise, either alone or cumulatively, to a detrimental effect on the character or amenity of the area through smell, litter, noise or traffic problems. Demonstrates any potential related problems can be overcome satisfactorily to protect amenities of surrounding residents. Details of extraction, filtration, refrigeration or air conditioning units should be submitted with any application; and
- for proposals creating more than two residential flats above ground floor level, the development would not result in the loss of ancillary storage space or other beneficial use to the extent that it would make a ground floor unit unviable, and the development would not prevent off street servicing of any ground floor unit.
For more information please see the Local Plan