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Representation ID: 25695

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: East of England Co-Operative Society

The protection of the Boss Hall Business Park is generally supported. However, the policy is currently considered to be too restrictive.

Paragraph 9.32.7 defines appropriate employment-generating sui generis uses and excludes any sui-generis use that includes retain and leisure as another other than an ancillary use. Retail and leisure uses are employment generating in themselves and can assist in underpinning the vitality and attractiveness of employment areas, and so the policy is too restrictive.

The Site allocations DPD makes reference to a new retail allocation at Boss Hall Business Park.

Strict long-term protection for only B-Class uses would be inappropriate.