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Employment Uses and Sui Generis Development in Industrial Areas
Industrial estates and employment areas should accommodate uses that do not harm residential amenity, including modern waste management facilities. New sui generis uses must be justified by employment creation and must not harm existing employment uses or preclude industrial and warehousing operations.
harm residential amenity are therefore likely to be considered most suited to an industrial estate. With modern design and operational techniques, waste management facilities can increasingly be accommodated in these employment areas. Whether or not a new sui generis use is judged to be acceptable will be considered against the extent of the employment it would create and the impact of the use on existing employment uses. A sui generis use would not be acceptable, for example, if it harmed the continuation of the employment uses which the policy protects. Similarly, new uses should not be introduced into an industrial estate or premise that would preclude industrial and warehousing type uses.
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