Policy information sourced from the Slough Core Strategy

CORE POLICY 6 (RETAIL, LEISURE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES)

All new major retail, leisure and community developments will be located in the shopping area of the Slough town centre in order to improve the town’s image and to assist in enhancing its attractiveness as a PrimaryRegional Shopping Centre.

Out-of-centre and edge-of-centre retail developments will be subject to the sequential test. Developers will be required to demonstrate that:

  • There is a need for the development;
  • It is of an appropriate scale;
  • There are no sequentially preferable sites in designated centres;
  • The development would not have a detrimental impact on the vitality and viability of existing centres; and
  • The site is accessible by a variety of a means of transport.

All community facilities/services should be retained. Where, exceptionally, it is agreed that community facilities/services may be lost or reduced in size to accommodate new development, developers will be required to contribute towards new or enhanced community facilities/services locally

Policy information sourced from the Slough Core Strategy