Policy information sourced from the Mole Valley Local Plan

EC1: SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY

The sustainable growth of Mole Valley’s economy will be promoted to meet the varying needs of different economic sectors by:

1. Supporting regeneration within the main towns of Leatherhead and Dorking, whilst encouraging new and established businesses to grow throughout the Plan area;

2. Safeguarding sufficient employment sites and encouraging the recycling of land to meet the needs of the economy to support job creation, the needs of modern business and the attractiveness of Mole Valley as a business location;

3. Redeveloping allocated campus-style office premises that will not meet future market requirements as mixed-use residential schemes with modern high quality office provision;

4. Supporting the creation of windfall employment floorspace where the proposal would meet other policies in the Plan;

5. Safeguarding local shopping centres for a range of uses suited to a centre;

6. Supporting and promoting a high-quality visitor economy;

7. Supporting and retaining employment opportunities in Mole Valley’s villages and the rural areas, where consistent with other policies in the Plan;

8. Supporting initiatives to improve information and communications technology connectivity, while requiring new developments to include provision for advanced communications technology infrastructure; and,

9. Supporting the Gatwick Diamond sub-region, along with other partners - business leaders, business membership organisations, colleges and universities, other local authorities and government agencies - to grow the wider Gatwick region’s existing job base, attract new jobs and secure investments, where appropriate.