Developing the Employment Land Requirement and Supply
Support
Preferred Options
Representation ID: 47486
Received: 03/08/2012
Respondent: The Europa Way Consortium and Warwickshire County Council (Physical Assets-Resources)
Agent: AMEC
A lack of justification for the proposed allocation of a proportion of the Myton Garden Suburb site for employment uses, which is intended to compensate for the proposed re-allocation of the committed employment site at Warwick Gates for housing.
COMMENT
As stated at para 8.21 we believe that there is a need for further work to help determine the employment needs of the District over the plan period to 2029 and, recognise that the work presented in the Preferred Options is based on the Council's "initial" review of committed employment land. Within this context, however, we question the Council's proposed allocation of "a proportion" of land north of Gallows Hills/west of Europa Way for employment uses and a re-allocation of the committed employment site at Warwick Gates for housing. In conflict with draft policy PO8 we have not seen any evidence to explain why the Warwick Gates site is no longer considered suitable to accommodate employment uses/projected employment needs.