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

RET5: Development of town centre uses outside town and local centres

  1. Retail and other main town centre uses (other than small scale rural development) should be directed to the most sequentially preferable and sustainable locations in accordance with the national policy ‘town centre first’ principle. Proposals for retail and other town centres uses should first be directed to town or local centres, failing that to edge-of-centre sites and then out-of-centre sites.
  2. Proposals that seek to locate or expand retail and other town centre uses in edge of centre or out of centre locations must demonstrate that:
    1. Having applied the sequential test there are no suitable sequentially preferable sites available to accommodate the proposed development on more central sites.
    2. The proposal would not have a significant adverse impact on:
      1. the vitality and viability of, or consumer choice and trade within, existing nearby town or local centres;
      2. existing, committed and planned public and private investment in those centres.
  3. An impact assessment will be required to support applications for edge-of-centre or out-of-centre development proposals in the following circumstances:
    1. Comparison retail development exceeding 150sqm
    2. Convenience retail development exceeding 250sqm
    3. Development for any other retail not covered by 3a and 3b above, leisure and office uses exceeding 2,500sqm

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