Mixed Use Development with Economic Uses

LDPs should also identify opportunities for mixed use development, including economic development uses, where this would create synergy and underpin the economic viability of the development as a whole. Plans should indicate, through key site requirements, the types of economic development that will be acceptable and seek to avoid uses that would have a detrimental impact on the environment and/or residential amenity. It is important that such development is sustainable, and major mixed use sites should therefore be identified in locations that are well served by public transport, accessible by walking and cycling, have adequate infrastructure and where development can be properly integrated, in terms of land use and design, with surrounding areas.