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Representation ID: 21370

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Pegasus Grab Hire Ltd

Agent: Emery Planning

The Jewellery Line Core Regeneration Area

8.1 We do not consider that the regeneration area can be developed as proposed in the BCP.


Land availability

8.2 The Vanguard Foundry site is not available and now excluded from the BPC which suggests that this viable business will remain, but which undermines the regeneration of the area on a housing led basis given the relationship of what is a heavy industrial use with anticipated housing sites. Our client's site, DUH003, seen below is proposed for housing and sits adjacent to a heavy industrial area with no restrictions on hours and no buffer between the sites as can be seen with some of the other nearby sites which have started to come forward, but which themselves were progressed under the previous assumptions that Vanguard would relocate. This would have an adverse impact on any residential developments in its immediate area and is not considered to be sound.

Map in Attachment

8.3 The probability of the owners of The Vanguard Foundry releasing this land is highly unlikely, which further undermines any future prospects of the site being allocated or developed for housing. Our clients, the occupiers and part owners of site DUH003, are not looking to dispose of the site, which means this section of the regeneration area could only be developed through Compulsory

Purchase Orders, which further reduces the likelihood of the residential development.

The market

8.4 There is no evidence of any developer interest in site DUH003. It is unlikely that a housing developer is likely to come forward to develop the site in the short and medium term, considering the site neighbouring a heavy industrial area which is no longer allocated for housing or relocating.

8.5 The removal of The Vanguard Foundry as an allocation, owing the fact that the exiting premises within this location are well occupied, reflects a clear demand for employment land in this location.

8.6 Paragraph A34 of Chapter 13 recognises the need to realise the economic potential of The Jewellery Line Core Regeneration Area. The Core Regeneration Areas strive for both housing and business regeneration, therefore the protecting existing sustainable employment sites within these areas would also meet the strategy objectives whilst ensuring the regeneration areas can be developed. The operations at our client's site are actually part and parcel of the employment regeneration of the area as they are focussed on the green economy in terms or achieving high levels of recycling and re-use of materials for use in the utilities, infrastructure and construction sectors.

10.3 The Jewellery Line Core Regeneration Area is not sound and cannot be delivered as currently proposed. The site to the north is no longer allocated for housing, which undermines the specific housing regeneration of the area and further impacts on the proposal for housing on our client's site. Our client and The Vanguard Foundry are not likely to dispose of the sites.