SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 101·6.297
Retail Impact and Assessment of Need Factors
Retail impact and need assessments must address the impact on trade and turnover for convenience and comparison goods traders, town centre investment, and investor confidence within the catchment area.
Factors to be addressed in a retail impact and assessment of need include:
• the impact of the proposal on trade and turnover for both convenience and comparison goods traders, and the impact on town centre turnover overall for all centres within the catchment of the proposal;
• the impact of the proposal on existing committed and planned public and private sector investment and investor confidence in the town centre/s;
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