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Representation ID: 43920

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Barratt West Midlands

Agent: Turley Associates

3.56 Paragraph 7.34 states “Local Employment Areas are often vulnerable to pressure for redevelopment to other uses such as housing. However, the loss of too much local employment land will compromise the successful delivery of the BCP’s employment strategy”. This is contrary to draft policy DEL2 which allows for housing or employment development on previously developed land that accords with other BCP and local plan policies.
3.57 As mentioned at paragraph 3.27 of this document, the draft Local Plan does not currently include an employment protection policy or ‘test’ for applications for housing development or other types of development on employment sites. This could be incorporated in to draft policies HOU1, EMP1-EMP4, or alternatively a specific policy could be prepared.