Policy information sourced from the Elmbridge Development Management Plan

DM3 - Mixed Uses

The Council will encourage a diversity of uses in town and district centres and will resist large, single use buildings unless mixed use development has first been explored and discounted for viability and feasibility reasons.

Mixed use development should be appropriate to the character of the area and ensure that the proposed uses are compatible with one another and existing uses nearby.

The proposed development site should maximise opportunities for sustainable travel, make use of the range of services and facilities in the area and promote opportunities for contact between different members of the community.

New development should achieve high quality design that creates a pleasant yet functional place for people to live and work. It should offer an appropriate standard of accommodation for the types of use proposed, including providing adequate outlook, privacy, ventilation and prevention of nuisance from commercial to residential uses.

Access to the building should be clearly defined, secure and integral to the design of the proposal. Where provision is made on site for deliveries and servicing, the scheme should include sufficient space to avoid conflict between vehicles and pedestrians and create a safe environment.

For more information please see the Elmbridge Development Management Plan