Policy information sourced from Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Plan

CE1 Supporting Neighbourhood Centres

Our Neighbourhood Centres will be retained and supported as the focus of local shopping and services, by:

  1. resisting developments that would result in less than half of ground floor premises within a Neighbourhood Centre as a whole being in retail (A1) use or in more than three consecutive premises being in non-retail (non-A1) use, unless it is demonstrated that the proposal is consistent with the individual character of the Neighbourhood Centre, will significantly enhance the vitality and viability of the Centre and would not detract from its function as a local shopping area;
  2. without limitation to Policy CE1(a), ensuring that at least 80% of units and businesses within the Neighbourhood Centre as a whole provide local shopping and services within the planning use classes defined below (and not including any uses (other than as a launderette) that do not fall within any particular use class) (known as ‘sui generis’)), unless it is demonstrated that the proposed use is consistent with the individual character of the Neighbourhood Centre, will significantly enhance the vitality and viability of the Centre and would not detract from its function as a local shopping area;
  3. ensuring that new individual units (other than public houses and restaurants) do not exceed 100 sq. m. (approx. 1100 sq. ft.) ground floor area, including an adequate area for storage; and
  4. ensuring that any development encourages independent businesses or enables new independent businesses to establish themselves.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan