Policy information sourced from Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan
TLC3 - Edenbridge Town Centre
a) within Edenbridge Town Centre, residential, business, leisure, entertainment, arts, culture, tourism or community facility uses will be permitted where consistent with criteria b) and c)
- outside the Primary Retail Frontage, and
- on the upper floors of units within Edenbridge Primary Retail Frontages where there will be no adverse impact on the functioning of the ground floor use.
b) within the Edenbridge Primary Retail Frontage, at least 45% of the ground floor frontage will be maintained in A1 use. Where proposals would not lead to the percentage of A1 frontage falling below this level, A Class uses will be permitted where they would complement the predominant retail function and not lead to a dead town centre frontage during regular shopping hours. Proposals resulting in the change of use of existing nonA1 uses within the Primary Frontage to retail and other A class uses will be permitted where this would be complementary to the predominant retail function.
c) in the Northern and Southern Areas of Edenbridge town centre, the balance between shops, services and community facilities and residential uses should be maintained, except where evidence is provided by the applicant to show that these non-residential uses are no longer financially viable. In such circumstances, residential redevelopment will be acceptable. Proposals that would result in changes between town centre uses in these areas will be permitted.
For more information please see the Allocations and Development Management Plan