The site owners do not support the approach to employment land with regards to existing small and medium size employment sites.

Section 3 sets out the reasons why Policy 6 ‘The Economy’ requires amending. It is therefore, requested that Policy 6 is amended to allow for the expansion of small and medium sized employment sites.

With the above national policy context in mind, we consider draft Policy 6 is not flexible enough to meet the changing requirements of businesses and request that paragraph 2 is amended to allow for the expansion of small and medium sized sites, such as Abbey Farm Commercial Park. We therefore request that Policy 6, Paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

2.The needs of small, medium and start-up businesses are addressed through:
• the allocation and retention of smaller scale employment sites across the area and the
potential expansion of, a range of existing small and medium sized sites (LPP suggested text);
• encouraging the provision of small-scale business opportunities in all significant residential
and commercial developments and through the appropriate use of rural buildings;
• Encouraging flexible building design and innovative approaches in new and existing residential
developments to encourage local working and business opportunities.