Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033

LP30 Railway Arches

A. Proposals for the use of railway arches for B1c, B2, B8, and other similar industrial sui generis uses will be permitted:

B. Proposals for B1c, B2 and B8 uses alongside ancillary uses will be permitted where the ancillary use would help sustain and complement the primary use of the railway arch for industrial purposes and there is intensification of the remaining industrial floorspace.

C. Proposals for commercial or community uses such as those falling within B1a, A and D use class in locations outside of Locally Significant Industrial Sites will be permitted if all of the following criteria are met. The proposed development:

  1. complements and helps sustain the primary use of the parade of arches for employment purposes;
  2. maintains or re-provides the same quantum of industrial floorspace or intensifies the existing industrial floorspace;
  3. does not impact on the function of existing businesses within the parade of arches; and
  4. incorporates an active frontage

D. Proposals involving the loss of industrial floorspace will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated through robust marketing evidence (see Appendix 1) that there is no demand for industrial use or industrial with ancillary uses detailed in part B of this policy. Proposals for major development involving the loss of low cost employment floorspace should re-provide this floorspace in accordance with Policy LP29 Part B.

For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033