Retail and main town centre uses technical guidance

This technical guidance provides advice to applicants and the public proposing retail and other main town centre uses outside of our designated centres in Bracknell Forest. It explains the requirements set out in Policy LP 23 ‘Development of main town centre uses outside designated centres of the Bracknell Forest Local Plan (BFLP). It also explains the information that we expect applicants to provide.

It includes guidance on:

  • when BFLP Policy LP 23 applies and when we expect sequential tests and/or impact assessments to be provided
  • the information applicants should supply when submitting a sequential test and/or impact assessment
  • where information can be found to support the production of sequential tests and/or impact assessments
  • the process we will use to consider sequential tests and impact assessments

It explains:

  • the terminology and key definitions used for this area of planning
  • relevant national policy
  • relevant local policy and evidence
  • the sequential test
  • impact assessments