Consultation Statement - Islington Council
Consultation Statement - Islington Council
Consultation Statement - Islington Council
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3 Direction of Travel consultation<br />
Applications should be<br />
assessed on a site-by-site<br />
basis.<br />
Some developers are<br />
concerned that the marketing<br />
requirement is too onerous.<br />
Lazari investments consider<br />
that the Archway should allow<br />
more flexibility for<br />
non-business employment<br />
uses. Core Strategy Policy CS<br />
demonstrated by marketing.<br />
The policy has some flexibility<br />
whilst giving protection for<br />
business floorspace that could<br />
perform a useful function, but<br />
which may be lost due to<br />
higher rental and sales values<br />
of some other uses. The<br />
council has a responsibility to<br />
plan for economic growth and<br />
the loss of business space<br />
without consideration of<br />
demand over a good period of<br />
1 is referred to. Cushman and time would be contrary to this.<br />
Wakefield have referred to the<br />
relationship between site<br />
allocations and DM 32.<br />
Workspace Group objected to<br />
DM 32 and stated that higher<br />
employment densities and<br />
home-working mean a reduced<br />
need for office space.<br />
Residential is needed in some<br />
cases to increase viability of<br />
employment uses.<br />
GLA support DM 32 but<br />
suggest that the reference to<br />
mix of uses including retail<br />
should be clearer in supporting<br />
text.<br />
Craft Central support the<br />
protection of existing<br />
employment space. Henerson<br />
Global Investors support DM<br />
32 A.<br />
Drivers Jonas Deloitte consider<br />
that employment numbers are<br />
more relevant than floorspace.<br />
The policy also allows<br />
reprovision of floorspace where<br />
the condition of existing<br />
floorspace is not attractive to<br />
potential occupiers.<br />
CS 1 states that the Archway<br />
core site should be a<br />
mixed-use site that retains a<br />
significant proportion of office<br />
space, alongside other uses.<br />
DM 32 allows for a mix of uses.<br />
Due to forecast population and<br />
employment growth, even with<br />
more efficient use of floorspace<br />
in some circumstances, new<br />
floorspace and the protection<br />
of existing floorspace is<br />
important to the economic<br />
sustainability of the borough.<br />
The policy allows for a mix of<br />
uses.<br />
Mix of uses is clearer referred<br />
to. Text has been revised for<br />
Submission version.<br />
See comment in relation to<br />
Issues and Options<br />
consultation.<br />
Development Management Policies: Regulation 25 <strong>Consultation</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> <strong>Islington</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
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