SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 99·6.286
Retail Development Location and Countryside Resistance
Retailing should be directed to town centres and inappropriate retail facilities in the countryside must be resisted as a general approach.
Retailing will be directed to town centres, and the development of inappropriate retail facilities in the countryside must be resisted. However, as a general
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