SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 99·6.282
Town Centre and Retailing Strategy in Local Development Plans
LDPs should include a strategy for town centres and retailing with policies that promote the town centre first approach for retail and other main town centre uses.
LDPs should include a strategy for town centres and retailing, and contain appropriate policies and proposals that must promote town centres first for retail and other main town centre uses.
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