Officers determined to commission consultants
to undertake a light touch review of the Council’s Economic
Development Strategy and Employment Land Review, with the
requirement that both documents be rationalised using robust and up
to date evidence, with the purpose of informing and supporting the
Council’s position at the Examination in Public of its
emerging Local Plan. The review of the Council’s Economic
Development Strategy will identify the means through which the
Council can diversify and strengthen the district’s economy
and create the right economic conditions to deliver sustainable
economic growth particularly with the higher value adding sectors.
The Employment Land Review will focus on the Council’s
policies for the allocation and protection of employment land. This
work will include research to inform the strategy in order to
deliver new employment opportunities linked to the large strategic
sites allocated for mixed use development in the emerging Local
Plan. The two studies are intrinsically linked and will therefore
inform each other in terms of the evidence identified and the
documents key actions.