Policy information sourced from the Harrow Development Management Policies
DM 31: Supporting Economic Activity and Development
Industrial and Business Use Land
Proposals for the intensification, renewal and modernisation of existing industrial and business floorspace will be supported where the development complies with other relevant policy considerations and the new industrial or business floorspace allows for future flexibility, including future subdivision and / or amalgamation to provide for a range of accommodation, particularly for small businesses.
Enabling-led Redevelopment of Industrial & Business Use Floorspace
The Council will support proposals for enabling-led mixed use development where this is necessary to facilitate the intensification, renewal and modernisation of existing industrial and business floorspace. In addition to complying with other relevant policy considerations, proposals for enabling-led mixed use employment development must:
- demonstrate that the enabling development is necessary to facilitate the delivery of the proposed industrial or business use floorspace;
- maximise the amount of industrial or business floorspace to be re-provided as part of the mix;
- achieve demonstrable improvements in the site’s suitability and viability for continued industrial or business use activity having regard to the environmental improvements and the standard, type and flexibility of the accommodation to be provided; and
- ensure there would be no conflict between the enabling use and the industrial or business use activities within or surrounding the site.
Surplus Industrial and Business Use Land and Floorspace
The loss of industrial and business land and floorspace to non-employment uses will only be permitted having regard to Policy CS1 O and where:
- it can be demonstrated that a site is no longer suitable (see paragraph 7.12) and viable for its existing or an alternative industrial or business use; and
- a suitable period of continuous marketing activity has been undertaken without success.
Where the loss of industrial or business floorspace can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council, as required in (C) above, the Council will apply a sequential approach to redevelopment as follows:
- proposals for alternative employment uses, excluding main town centre uses;
- proposals for strategic community infrastructure not appropriate to town centre locations; and
- mixed use proposals that include and facilitate a significant element of employment generating uses and/or community uses.
For more information please see the Development Management Policies