Policy information sourced from the Islington Local Plan

SP3 Vale Royal/Brewery Road Locally Significant Industrial Site

  • The Vale Royal/Brewery Road Locally Significant Industrial Site (LSIS) will be retained and strengthened as the borough’s most significant industrial location. The principal objective in this area is to retain industrial land and intensify light industrial, B2 general industry and B8 storage and distribution uses, including Sui Generis uses akin to these industrial uses. Light industrial use is now part of Class E and continues to be sought in the LSIS. For proposals involving light industrial floorspace, the Council will use conditions to limit Class E for this specific purpose (consistent with Policy B2: New business floorspace, Part C) and to protect the primary industrial function of the LSIS. To ensure an adequate supply of industrial land and floorspace in Islington industrial uses in the area will be protected in accordance with Policy B3. The encroachment of some non-industrial uses could jeopardise the long term sustainability, economic function and future economic growth of the LSIS as an industrial area and will not be allowed.
  • The provision of ‘hybrid workspace’, which may incorporate a mix of the industrial related uses, is encouraged. Such proposals (including those for refurbishment) should provide a variety of spaces that can accommodate a range of industrial uses, including spaces which are suitable for SMEs.
  • The LSIS is a successful industrial location which accommodates a wide range of operators, including some existing office use. Proposals for the co-location of industrial use with office and/or research development use will be permitted, where there would be an intensification of industrial use on the site (either through new floorspace or the redevelopment/modernisation of existing floorspace) and it can be demonstrated that the continued industrial function of the LSIS would remain.
  • The Council recognises the contribution of businesses related to the music and entertainment industry in the area, including Tileyard Studios, and seeks to support this successful economic cluster, including through allocation VR3: Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, of the Site Allocations DPD.
  • The LSIS is currently inward facing. Where possible, development should avoid blank frontages and create active frontages towards open spaces, such as Market Road Gardens and the sport pitches on Market Road. The creation of active frontages may also be appropriate along York Way and Caledonian Road, where consistent with the land use policies set out above.
  • Development proposals in the LSIS should, where possible, improve pedestrian and vehicle connections throughout the LSIS and have regard to proposed routes set out on the Spatial Strategy diagram.
  • All development proposals in the LSIS must (individually and cumulatively) consider the layout, orientation, access, servicing and delivery arrangements in order to minimise conflict and to avoid potential negative impacts on highways safety and amenity. Proposals for B8 space should consider the potential provision of yard space. H Site Allocations within the Spatial Policy Area are expected to deliver 4,800sqm of office space over the plan period.

For more information please see the Islington Local Plan