Policy RET5 – Primary Retail Area

The primary retail area will be the focus for A1 uses. Non-retail development will be restricted in designated primary retail frontages within this area so that no more than 40% of the frontage of the shopping street to which it relates is in non-retail use and no more than 3 adjacent units are in non-retail use. Retail use includes Class A1 shops (i.e. outlets that sell convenience goods, comparison goods or provide a retail service). Non-retail development includes financial and business service and leisure services. In respect of this policy the 40% non-retail threshold excludes proposals for restaurant and café use.