Policy information sourced from the Epsom & Ewell Development Management Policies Document

DM 24 Employment Uses Outside of Existing Employment Policy Areas

Outside of the existing identified employment locations and Epsom Town Centre, proposals resulting in the loss of employment floorspace will not be granted planning permission unless it can be demonstrated that:

  1. The existing use has a significant adverse effect on residential amenity and there is no reasonable prospect that this effect can be alleviated while retaining the use; or
  2. There is genuine evidence, including that the site has been marketed without success*, that the site, as it stands, is no longer suitable for its existing or other employment uses.

Where the loss of existing employment floorspace can be demonstrated, new mixed-use redevelopment will be allowed provided that the development provides for a mix of uses including a significant element of employment generating uses.

*The Council will require that the site has been marketed for a minimum period of 18 months at an appropriate rate for its location and condition.

For more information please see the Epsom & Ewell Management Policies Document