'Bold Type' EC Policies - the policy without supporting text
See the Bristol Local Plan for the full text
Chapter 6: EconomyClick on the heading from list of contents or scroll down for full list
EC1 Industrial and commercial developments will be permitted where:
- (i) There is no unacceptable impact on the environmental amenity of the surrounding area or the operational requirements of nearby industrial uses by reason of visual appearance, hours of operation, pollution, noise, fumes, odour or other nuisance
- (ii) An environmental impact assessment, if required, indicates no unacceptable detriment
- (iii) The site is easily accessible by public transport, cycling and walking and will therefore contribute to minimising the length and number of motor vehicle trips
- (iv) The level and type of traffic generated will not be detrimental to road safety, local accessibility and the environment in terms of noise and pollution
- (v) There is no unacceptable impact on residential amenity, the natural environment and the general amenity of areas accessible to or enjoyed by the public
EC2 Promoting Growth: Industry and Warehousing
EC3 Promoting Growth: B1 Development
EC4 Protection: Existing Employment Opportunities
EC4 Development involving the loss of employment floorspace will be permitted where one of the following applies:–
- (i) The floorspace to be lost is not valuable, in terms of quality or quantity, to the stock of employment floorspace in the area
- (ii) A net reduction in floorspace is necessary to improve existing premises
- (iii) The premises are to be used for industrial or commercial training purposes
- (iv) The premises are to be used for child care provision in association with existing or proposed employment uses
- (v) The existing use is having an unacceptable impact on the environmental quality of the surrounding area in terms of visual appearance, traffic generation, hours of operation, pollution, noise, fumes, odour or other nuisance and it can be demonstrated that this cannot be overcome by employing best practicable means.
EC5 Protection: Industrial Sites and Premises
EC5 Development involving the loss of industrial and warehousing floorspace within the principal industrial and warehousing areas shown on the Proposals Map will not be permitted except where:
- (i) The character of the area has changed significantly and industry and warehousing is no longer the predominant use
- (ii) Access for commercial vehicles or other traffic is no longer appropriate due to limited road capacity, lack of alternative access modes or unacceptable effects on the amenity of adjoining occupiers
- (iii) The environmental impact of continued industrial or warehousing use is unacceptable due to pollution or the need to restrict such uses in the interests of the amenity of adjoining occupiers.
EC6 Protection and Promotion: Small Businesses
EC6 Development that would result in the loss of existing accommodation which is valuable to the stock of small business accommodation in the area will not be permitted.
EC7 Industrial and Commercial Regeneration
EC8 Industrial Nuisance
EC8
- (I) Development which would worsen existing industrial nuisance associated with a site will not be permitted
- (II) In determining Planning Applications for development that reduces industrial nuisance, account will be taken of:–
(i) The benefits that result from a significant reduction in the adverse impact of the use as a whole, on the environmental amenity of the surrounding areas, in terms of visual appearance, traffic generation, hours of operation, pollution, noise, fumes, odour or other nuisance
(ii) Evidence that best practicable means are being employed to minimise any adverse impact to an acceptable level.
EC9 Specific Uses: Car Breakers and Open Site Users
EC9 Open site employment uses will be permitted where evidence demonstrates that best practicable means are being or will be employed to minimise adverse impact.
EC10 Community Benefit from Economic Developments
EC10 In the case of major industrial and commercial development, a Planning Obligation will be sought through negotiation, to provide for new or improved social and community facilities on or easily accessible to the site where the need for these arises directly from the development concerned and is necessary for it to proceed.
Provision should be fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the individual development.
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