No

Representation ID: 6492

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: IM Properties

Agent: Turley

Cumulative employment land supply is almost 300ha. However, two thirds of provision is within Sites 19 and 20. Site 19 is identified by a more specific need, and therefore falls outside general land supply.

Next version of Plan needs to present a clearer justification on scale of development planned for, extent to which the identified supply will address needs, plus sufficient flexibility in accordance with NPPF.

Methodology of translating employment forecasts to floorspace and land is not considered to be robust or appropriate. Serves to either suppress or mask the land requirements of some sectors, most notably B8 employment.