Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025
18 DELIVERING SHOPPING PROVISION ACROSS ENFIELD
The Council will protect existing retail uses in the Borough’s centres as set out in the hierarchy in table 6.3, encourage new retail in town centres and promote new shopping development which contributes positively to the delivery of Enfield’s economic vision for delivering sustainable communities.
Delivering new provision
The Council will plan to meet demonstrated shopping need, including the needs of disadvantaged communities and of a growing population, through the provision of a full range of shopping facilities, focused on the Borough’s centres. The projected growth in gross comparison floorspace, including an allowance of 10% for other town centre uses, which will be planned to be delivered over the Plan period is set out below in table 6.4.
| Floorspace up to 2015 | Floorspace up to 2020 | Floorspace up to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 19,140 sqm | 51,600 sqm | 85,300 sqm |
In the short term first five years of the Plan period approximately 41% of the proposed additional comparison goods and other town centre uses floorspace should be accommodated within Enfield Town, this is based on current shopping patterns. The remaining 59% will be distributed across the district centres and local centres as follows:
| Centre | Status of Centre | Proportion (as a % of total proposed growth) | Floorspace (sqm gross) Up to 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield Town | Major | 41% | 7,810 |
| Edmonton Green | District | 6% | 1,122 |
| Angel Edmonton | District | 4% | 748 |
| Southgate | District | 8% | 1,540 |
| Palmers Green | District | 6% | 1,100 |
| Other Centres | 35% | 6,820 | |
| Total | 100% | 19,140 |
In the medium to long term, the Council will seek to encourage a greater proportion of comparison goods and other town centre uses growth within Edmonton Green and Angel Edmonton district centres in tandem with the regeneration of Meridian Water, and as opportunities arise to improve these town centres, and to support wider economic and social regeneration objectives for the area as set out in Core Policy 39.
No sites have been allocated for food store development at this stage due to draft proposals under consideration regarding the provision of new food stores near the Borough boundary. If implemented these proposals would meet the projected need for convenience shopping for Enfield up to 2020.
Protecting retail uses in town centres
In Enfield Town and the district centres, retail uses will be protected as the main function within the primary shopping areas. In the local centres, a range of facilities and uses will be encouraged consistent with their scale and function in the hierarchy, to meet peoples’ day to day needs whilst preserving the predominance of retail uses within the centres. The level of non retail uses permitted will be specified in the Development Management Document.
Where it can be demonstrated through the sequential test that retail development cannot be accommodated in or on the edge of the Borough’s centres, appropriate development could be directed to existing retail parks. If it can be demonstrated, following an impact assessment that there will not be a negative impact on a) the vitality and viability of existing centres, b) planned investment in centres, and c) that the development increases the overall sustainability and accessibility of the retail park in question.
For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025