Epping Forest - E1 Employment Sites Existing Employment Sites

E1 Employment Sites Existing Employment Sites

Existing Employment Sites (Designated and Undesignated)

The Council will seek to retain and enhance existing employment sites and premises for their existing authorised uses within Use Class B2, B8 or E, or Sui generis uses of an employment character.
Proposals for the redevelopment, renewal, intensification, or extension of existing employment sites and premises for employment uses or Sui generis uses of an employment character will be encouraged.
Proposals for complementary and supporting uses may be considered acceptable where they will not individually, or cumulatively, result in a material change to the site’s employment character and function.
Proposals that do not conform with A-C above will not be permitted unless it can be demonstrated through evidence, including marketing of the site, that there is no longer a reasonable prospect of the site being used for the existing authorised employment use or alternative employment uses or Sui generis uses of an employment character.

New Employment Sites

The Council will meet the identified need for employment land through the site allocations summarised in Table 3.1 and set out in Policies SP1, SP4 and the relevant Places policies.
Proposals on allocated employment sites must accord with the relevant requirements set out within Table 3.1, the relevant Places policies and Part Two of the Plan.
The Council will support and encourage the development of flexible local employment space to meet the employment and economic needs of the District.