HC Deb 26 November 1999 vol 339 cc211-2W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the definition of a cluster used in planning regulations relating to supermarkets. [99745]

Mr. Raynsford

The changes in policy in respect of planning for the development of clusters of knowledge-based industry, foreshadowed in my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pre-Budget Report, do not apply to supermarkets. The Government's policy in respect of planning for supermarkets is set out in Planning Policy Guidance note 6, "Town Centres and Retail Developments", which seeks to focus new retail and leisure development in town centres. The Government have no plans to review PPG6.