Policy information sourced from the Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031

16: Office Development

a. The council will enable the delivery of 23,000m2 of new B1(a) office space over the plan period, of which all is likely to be in Sutton Town Centre.

b. The council will support the development of office buildings providing company headquarters and small complexes of self-contained offices with a level of parking, commensurate with the parking standards, in suitable locations.

c. The council will not grant planning permission for proposals involving the loss of existing B1(a) office accommodation unless it is shown that the office accommodation is no longer required. The need for the particular office accommodation will be assessed against:

  1. Proof of marketing for a 12-month period at a reasonable market value with a recognised agent. For proposals in Sutton Town Centre, an independent survey of office demand for the particular office type should be submitted with the application.
  2. Proof that opportunities to reconfigure and reuse the accommodation as offices have been exhausted.

d. If office space has been demonstrated to be no longer required, proposals involving the loss of ground floor office space in town centres will be required to be replaced by (an)other town centre use(s). (See Glossary).

For Sutton Town Centre boundary see Appendix 3, Map 3.2, and Policies Map.

For more information please see the Local Plan 2016-2031