Retail (A class) development (2011/2012 – 2018/2019)

The following tables 1-12 show changes in A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 floorspace since the adoption of the Core Strategy in 2011.

Use Class A1 is defined as shops and retail outlets, Use Class - A2 financial and professional services, Use Class - A3 restaurants and cafés, Use Class A4 - drinking establishments, and Use Class A5 - hot food takeaways.

The tables show both net and gross data. Net data takes account of any demolished A use class floor space on the site of a completed development, and gross data only counts the newly-built floorspace. The data is also shown in terms of completions and approvals. Completions log the year the developments are completed and approvals log the year the developments were approved.

Both tables will contain some of the same application data but due to length of time some developments take to build, the completions table includes approvals from as early as 2006 for example. The approvals data shows any planning applications that were permitted in any given year and could include schemes that are currently under construction or completed. Planning applications that have expired are excluded from the data.

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