- 522) The ‘agent of change’ principle, contained within the NPPF, places the responsibility for mitigating impacts of development on the applicant, ensuring that new development does not unduly add to the costs and administrative burdens of existing businesses.
CEN 7: Out of centre locations for retail
- Existing out-of-town retail parks at the following locations are shown on the Policies Map and have an established retail warehouse function:
- a.Brewery Street/Water Street at Portwood;
- b.Stockport Road/Edgeley Road at Cheadle Heath;
- c.Wilmslow Road/A34 at Cheadle Hulme;
- d.Georges Road, Stockport;
- e.Manchester Road at Lancashire Hill;
- f.Stockport Road West, Bredbury; and
- g.Stanley Green Retail Park at Stanley Green.
- Except where justified, planning permissions on these retail parks will be subject to conditions on size of units and type of goods.
- These locations are not designated retail centres, and therefore any retail or leisure development will be required to satisfy the sequential and impact tests under policy CEN 4.
- The following types of retail provision will be supported in principle, with preference for accessible sites which are well connected to centres:
- Main town centre uses in out-of-centre locations, particularly in retail parks, must remain complementary to defined centres. The impact of such development will be mitigated by imposing appropriate conditions including:
- a.Bulky goods, non-food retail development within the locations identified in this policy; and
- b.Specialist shops (including car showrooms) and trade centre developments within Employment Areas subject to policy BUS 2 and policy BUS 3.
- a.On the use of land and premises;