Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033
LP28 Protecting and Promoting Industrial Land and Floorspace in the Borough
New Industrial Floorspace
Where proposals involve the provision of new industrial floorspace (B1c, B2, B8 and Sui Generis uses of an industrial nature), the development must be of an appropriate scale and should be flexible and adaptable for different types of uses and suitable to meet future needs.
Priority Industrial Areas (PIAs)
New development or redevelopment of sites within PIAs will be permitted where:
- It maximises the delivery of employment floorspace by maintaining, re-providing the same quantum of industrial floorspace (as either B1c, B2, B8), or intensifying the existing industrial uses;
- It includes the maximum viable amount of employment floorspace (refer to Appendix 1); and
- in the case of mixed use development schemes, are designed to ensure that there are no environmental impacts or conflicts between uses, applying the agent of change principle.
Locally Significant Industrial Sites (LSIS)
Within LSISs, development involving non-industrial uses will not be permitted. Retention of Industrial Floorspace Outside of Priority Industrial Areas and Locally Significant Industrial Sites
The loss of industrial land and floorspace outside of Priority Industrial Areas and Locally Significant Industrial Sites will be permitted where all of the following criteria are met;
- Robust marketing evidence (refer to Appendix 1) is submitted which demonstrates that there has been no demand for the existing or vacant land and floorspace for its current or former use, and the possibility of retaining, reusing or redeveloping it for similar or alternative smaller or more flexible units for employment generating use, or other alternative employment generating use has been fully explored; and
- Any new employment use provides a range of higher quality, more flexible floorspace and preferably a higher density employment than the previous use; and
- It is demonstrated that the new commercial floorspace being provided has a strong likelihood of being occupied through the submission of a detailed marketing strategy (refer to Appendix 1).
For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033