Policy information sourced from the Islington Core Strategy

CS 13 Employment spaces

The council will provide employment space for businesses in the borough by:

  • For new employment space:
    • encouraging new employment floorspace, in particular business floorspace, to locate in the CAZ and town centres where access to public transport is greatest.
    • requiring new business floorspace to be flexible to meet future business needs.
    • requiring a range of unit types and sizes, including those suitable for SMEs.
  • For existing employment space:
    • safeguarding existing business spaces throughout the borough by protecting against change of use to non-business uses, particularly in the CAZ. Development which improves the quality and quantity of existing provision will be encouraged.
    • in exceptional circumstances loss of employment floorspace might be acceptable in line with considerations which will be set out in the Development Management Policies.
    • designating and protecting Vale Royal/Brewery Road as a Locally Significant Industrial Site. The Vale Royal/Brewery Road site will be retained for industrial/warehousing/employment land.
    • Protecting units which are suitable for SMEs in terms of their type and size.
  • Requiring development to provide jobs and training opportunities/support as follows:
    • on-site construction training opportunities from developments of 10 residential units or above, hotels, student accommodation or hostels with 20 or more rooms, or with an uplift in business/employment floorspace of 500m2 or greater (Gross External Area (GEA)).
    • jobs and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and contributions for childcare facilities where there is a proven need, from developments with an uplift in business/employment floorspace of 500m2 or greater (GEA).
    • either a proportion of small, micro and/or affordable workspace or affordable retail space, or contributions towards these, from major non-residential developments where the majority of floorspace is not in public education, community or social infrastructure uses.

For more information please see the Core Strategy