Policy information sourced from the Reigate & Banstead Local Plan - Development Management Plan

RET1: Development within identified retail frontages and local centres

This policy applies to:

  • Primary and secondary frontages within town centres
  • Local centres

Within town centre primary and secondary frontages, and in local centres:

  1. Development must:
    1. retain an active ground floor frontage which is accessible to the public from the street
    2. be of a character and scale appropriate to the nature and function of the centre in which it is located
    3. not harm residential, public or visual amenity through impacts such as noise, odour, fumes, litter, general disturbance or late night activity
    4. not have an unacceptable impact on traffic, movement and parking, and not compromise highway or pedestrian safety in the locality; and
    5. protect and where possible enhance the public realm through environmental improvements including provision of high quality surfacing and careful planting.
  2. On upper floors, proposals for A1/2/3; B1a; D1/2 and C3 uses that make effective and efficient use of space will be considered favourably subject to the above criteria.

For more information please see the Reigate & Banstead Development Management Plan