Object

Representation ID: 3687

Received: 23/09/2009

Respondent: Mr Richard Brookes

Employment land is required for the "Office/High Tech R&D/Light Industrial" sector - small enterprises and start-ups offering services and products for a digital, virtual world. Rather than zoning sites and allocating a percentage as employment land, the District should consider minimising land take with the approach of "zero commuting" - where one's employment and housing can co-exist in the same building footprint - like maisonettes over shops. This could free up 20ha (800 dwellings-worth) of land.