LP36 — Railway Arches.

A. In order to maximise the contribution that railway arches, viaducts, and adjacent land, can make to the provision of industrial and other economic floorspace within the borough, existing uses will be protected and new uses supported in appropriate locations as follows: 1. The use of railway arches within town and local centres and the CAZ for town centre uses, community uses, and storage and distribution uses (B8) will be supported. Certain sui generis and/or industrial (B2 uses), such as microbreweries, will be supported in these locations, subject to it being demonstrated that they would not cause harm to the amenity of users of adjoining sites or the proper operation of neighbouring uses. 2. Within areas identified as providing for the borough’s strategic reservoir of industrial land, only industrial uses will be supported in accordance with Policy LP34. The use of planning conditions may be applied to permissions in order to protect the long-term industrial function of such sites. 3. Within the Wandle Delta sub-area, railway arches should be prioritised for economic uses; however other commercial uses will be acceptable where the policy requirements for the replacement or intensification of economic floorspace can be better accommodated elsewhere on the site, the approach is consistent with guidance set out in the relevant Site Allocation and/or SPD, and it can be demonstrated that town centre uses would not harm the vitality or vibrancy of designated centres or parades through the application of a sequential test. 4. The use of railways arches immediately adjacent to the New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) site will be required to support or complement the wholesale retail function of the market. The use of railway arches adjacent to the rest of the NCGM site should support the creation of the Food and Horticultural Quarter as set out in the Nine Elms Cultural Strategy and should reflect the connectivity and place-making role that these locations will perform. 5. In all other locations, the use of railway arches for economic and community uses will be supported. Applications for the change of use to other uses will not be supported, unless it can be clearly demonstrated that there is no demand for any economic or community use of the premises through the submission of evidence that a full and proper marketing exercise of the site has been undertaken for a period of at least 18 months in line with the requirements set out at Appendix 1 of this Plan. 6. Railway arches that provide for public access under the railway lines must maintain such access. The opening up of railway arches and surrounding land to facilitate new public access and improve permeability and place-making will be supported. B. Where a proposal involves the use of open and/or vacant railway arches, evidence will need to be submitted which demonstrates that any existing biodiversity value will not be harmed by the use or that appropriate mitigation measure will be provided in line with Policy LP55 (Biodiversity).

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