Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

CS20: Retailing

To improve the quantity and quality of retailing and the retail environment, promoting the development of the five Principal Shopping Centres and the linkages between them, by:

  1. Focusing new retail development on the Principal Shopping Centres, so that they become attractive shopping destinations. Encouraging movement between the Principal Shopping Centres by enhancing the retail environment in the Retail Links. Achieving a gross increase in retail floorspace within the PSCs and Retail Links of at least 136,000m2 by 2026.
  2. Requiring developers of major shopping proposals to demonstrate a sequential approach to site selection, looking firstly at locations within the Principal Shopping Centres, secondly at sites immediately adjoining the PSCs and in the Retail Links and, thirdly, other areas in the City.
  3. Giving priority to shops (A1 uses) within the Principal Shopping Centres, with other retail uses directed to the peripheries of the centres and the Retail Links, resulting in an increase in the total A1 floorspace of 66,000m2 by 2026.
  4. Enhancing the environment of Principal Shopping Centres and the Retail Links, specifically focusing on improving conditions for pedestrians, improving accessibility for all and ensuring a safe and secure retail environment.
  5. Maintaining a scattered distribution of convenient local services elsewhere in the City by protecting existing retail facilities unless it is demonstrated that they are no longer required.

For more information please see the Local Plan