Policy information sourced from Runnymede Local Plan

IE3: Catering for Modern Business Needs

To attract businesses to the Borough; support the retention, creation and development of local businesses, promote business competitiveness and allow for flexibility to cater for the changing needs of the economy, the Council will:

  • Support proposals to redevelop outmoded employment floorspace to cater for modern business needs;
  • Encourage a range of types and sizes of new employment floorspace;
  • Seek the retention/re-provision of incubator units, small warehousing units and small serviced office accommodation unless comprehensive marketing has been carried out for at least one year;
  • Support provision of new incubator units, small warehousing units and small serviced office accommodation;
  • Support small scale rural offices or other small-scale rural employment development, through conversion or redevelopment of existing buildings to provide well-designed business premises, provided they accord with the Council’s Green Belt policies.

For more information please see the Local Plan