Policy information sourced from Runnymede Local Plan
IE2: Strategic Employment Areas
The five designated employment areas that together make up the borough’s current core supply of employment land will be protected as Strategic Employment Areas, as shown on the policies map, and changes of use of land and/or buildings from employment to non-employment use resisted. The refurbishment and redevelopment of sites in these areas for employment use, and proposals for the intensification of sites for employment use will be permitted where they accord with other policies in the plan.
The Strategic Employment Areas (for B uses) are:
- SEA1: Hillswood Business Park
- SEA2: Longcross Park Enterprise Zone
- SEA3: The Causeway and Pinetrees Business Park
- SEA4: Thorpe Industrial Estate
- SEA5: Weybridge and Bourne Business Park and Waterside Trading Estate
Exceptions:
- The provision of limited essential ancillary facilities will be supported within the Strategic Employment Areas, where a clear justification is provided that the facility will provide positive benefits for the strategic employment area and will not conflict with established uses in the employment area;
- Applications for hotel use will only be permitted where the proposal accords with the sequential test and impact test and will not conflict with established uses in the strategic employment area.
For more information please see the Local Plan