Harlow - PR3: Employment Development Outside Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas

Policy information sourced from the Harlow Local Development Plan 2020-2033 PDF.

PR3: Employment Development Outside Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas.

1. Provision of Employment Floorspace

Employment development outside existing Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas will be supported where:

(a) the proposal seeks to redevelop an established employment site, subject to the impact upon the amenity of the surrounding area, highway congestion and movement; or
(b) the proposed Use Class is B1 office above ground floor level in the Town Centre.

2. Loss of Employment Floorspace

Development resulting in the loss of Use Classes B1, B2, B8 and waste uses will be permitted outside of the district’s Employment Areas and Neighbourhood Service Areas where it meets the following criteria:

(a) the proposed use is of overall benefit to the local community;
(b) evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the employment use is no longer viable;
(c) evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the unit or site has been vacant and actively marketed to the satisfaction of the Council for at least 12 months or for an appropriate period of time agreed with the Council, and that there is no prospect of employment uses occupying the unit or site.

For more information, please visit Harlow’s Local Plan here.