Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2

DMTC 3: Maintaining the Viability of Local Centres and Local Parades

The Council will protect and enhance the function of local centres and local shopping parades by retaining uses that support their continued viability and attractiveness to the locality they serve. In considering applications for changes of use of shops the Council will ensure that:

  • the local centre or shopping parade retains sufficient essential shop uses to provide a range and choice of shops appropriate to the size of the parade, and its function in the Borough shopping hierarchy;
  • at least of 50% of the local centre or shopping parade is retained as Use Class A1 shops; and
  • the surrounding residential area is not deficient in essential shop uses.

For more information please see the Local Plan: Part 2