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Representation ID: 29704

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Keyland Developments Ltd

Agent: Barton Wilmore

Our Client fully supports the Council’s position that ‘exceptional circumstances’ have been demonstrated to warrant to release of land from the Green Belt to meet the Council’s employment needs and we fully support the allocation of NE23/E as an employment site.

The Council’s existing employment land supply is generally of poor quality and small in scale meaning that indigenous businesses wishing to scale up their operations may have to leave the District due to lack of choice in the market. The Esholt development is large in scale and offers a unique location in terms of site characteristics (flat topography; development platforms in situ; previously developed land; attractive landscape surrounds) and well as being highly sustainable due to the proximity of Apperley Bridge railway station, bus routes and the local road network.

The Esholt development is hugely important to the Council and it is essential that it is allocated in order for the Council to meet their employment targets over the plan period.

We note that the proposed allocation does not included the land which is currently being proposed for the vehicular access to serve NE23/E and we would advise that the boundary is revised to safeguard an area around the proposed access route, as without this, it could be argued that the land which his allocated is not achievable as there is no suitable access within the confines of the Site.