Retail sequential test
When is one required?
Applications for main town centre uses which are neither located in an existing centre nor in accordance with the development plan. *This excludes applications for small scale rural offices and other small scale rural development.
What must it include?
The information submitted must enable us to assess whether there are any suitable alternative sites for the proposed town centre use in sequentially preferable locations (such as within existing centres followed by edge-of-centre) in accordance with Policy SD2 (Retail and City/Town Centres) of the Joint Core Strategy.