Policy information sourced from the Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031

14: Industrial Land

a. Within Strategic Industrial Locations and Established Industrial Areas, the council will grant planning permission for B1(b) (research and development), B1(c) (light industrial), B2 (industrial and manufacturing) and B8 (storage and distribution) uses or other similar industrial uses only.

b. The council will support proposals which intensify industrial floorspace in the Beddington Strategic Industrial Location either by the reconfiguration of sites or the amalgamation of sites.

c. The council has designated land to the west of Beddington Lane (Site Allocation S76) as an extension to the Beddington Strategic Industrial Location.

d. Outside the Strategic Industrial Locations and Established Industrial Areas, proposals resulting in the loss of industrial/business floorspace will not be granted planning permission unless it can be demonstrated that:

  • The retention of existing use will have an adverse effect on residential amenity and there is no reasonable prospect that this effect can be alleviated by retaining the use.
  • There is genuine evidence that the site has been marketed for a period of 12 months at a reasonable market rent for its location and condition.

For Safeguarded Industrial Areas see Appendix 2, Maps 2.1 to 2.11, and the Policies Map.

For more information please see the Local Plan 2016-2031