Policy information sourced from the Knightsbridge Neighbourhood Plan

KBR18: PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HOUSES

A: Development proposals to change the use of drinking establishments (Class A4) in the Knightsbridge Neighbourhood Area will be resisted.

B: Development proposals to change the use of drinking establishments (Class A4) will be permitted if such a use is demonstrably unviable. In order to demonstrate this, both the following criteria must be satisfactorily addressed:

  • the existing drinking establishment has been actively marketed as such for a period of not less than 12 months; and
  • this floorspace has been widely marketed at a reasonable market value and other terms for drinking establishment floorspace that are comparable to the market values for drinking establishment floorspace in that general locality.

C: Where a change of use of an existing or former drinking establishment is permissible, proposals to bring forward uses with a clear social benefit to the existing community are encouraged.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan