Policy information sourced from the Surrey Heath Core Strategy

CP8 Employment

The Borough Council will seek to make provision for up to 7,500 new jobs in the period up to 2027. It will do this by ensuring a flexible supply of high quality employment floorspace utilising existing employment areas and promoting a more intensive use of these sites through the recycling, refurbishment and regeneration of existing older or vacant stock and promotion of flexible working practices.

Core Employment Areas, as identified upon the Proposals Map, will be retained for employment use and along with Camberley Town Centre will be the focus for economic regeneration and inward investment.

In particular new development in Core Employment Areas should not result in an overall loss of industrial floorspace (Use Classes B1c or B2) with start-up industrial and incubation units for high technology sectors encouraged. Proposals for uses (Use Class B8 or sui generis with similar characteristics) dependent on having good access to the strategic road network will be encouraged to locate within these areas. Proposals for alternative uses within the Core Employment Areas will only be permitted where these support their integrity and function as centres of employment.

On other employment sites redevelopment to provide small flexible B1 units will be promoted. Loss of employment land on these sites will only be permitted where wider benefits to the community can be shown.

Within Camberley Town Centre mixed use development which makes a positive contribution to the economic role of the town centre and does not reduce provision of retail floorspace will be promoted. In particular, schemes which upgrade the quality of the existing office stock (B1a) will be encouraged even where overall this results in a net loss of floorspace.

The Borough Council will continue to work with the Surrey Heath Partnership and the local business community to promote growth and ensure infrastructure is provided to support business needs.

Policy information sourced from the Surrey Heath Core Strategy