Retail (A class) development (2011 to 2019)
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Overview
This section shows the changes in A1, A2, A3, A4 and A4 floorspace since the adoption of the Core Strategy in 2011.
These are defined as:
- Class A1: shops and retail outlets
- Class A2: financial and professional services
- Class A3: restaurants and cafés
- Class A4: drinking establishments
- Class A5: hot food takeaways
The data shows both net and gross data. Net data includes any demolished A use class floor space on the site of a completed development. 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 finished. Approvals log the year they were approved.
Due to the long time it takes to build some developments, the completions table includes approvals from as early as 2006, for example.
The approvals data shows any planning applications permitted in a given year. It may include schemes that are now under construction or completed. Planning applications that have expired are excluded from the data.