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Area
Halifax
West Calderdale
Total
Source: ELR 2008
Potential Office
floorspace loss
0
0
658
Potential Industrial and
Warehousing floorspace loss
3,610
120
6,142
6.19 Due to the fact that the 2008 ELR did not look at sites outside of the Primary
Employment Areas a projection of past losses has also been considered. Unfortunately
only three years of reliable data is currently available upon which to consider past
losses of employment floorspace within the district.
Year
Within PEA: Office
Within PEA: Industry &
Warehousing
Outside PEA: Office
Outside PEA: Industry &
Warehousing
Total
Source: Calderdale Economy Land Monitoring database
Table 6.4 Past employment land losses (sqm)
2008/9
0
1,895
0
2,819
4,714
2009/10
1,135
31,209
223
176
32,743
2010/11
150
529
101
2,336
3,116
Average
428
11,211
108
1,777
13,524
6.20 The monitoring information shows relatively low levels of losses over the last three
monitoring years, except in 2009/10 which was high due to the loss of a single large
site (almost 23,000 sqm) to a retail use. The loss of land outside PEA areas are
generally low with most recorded losses being either unsuitable industrial premises
located near residential premises or town centre offices being converted to other uses.
6.21 A comparison of the quantitative assessments of PEA compared to actual losses over
the last 3 monitoring years indicates the quantitative assessments appear too low.
6.22 Recent government statements (13) regarding employment land indicates planning
authorities will need to be more willing to release employment sites for other uses in
the future. Given this fact and the difference between the quantitative assessments
and monitoring data it appears reasonable that a higher rate of loss will be encountered
than the qualitative assessments indicate. It is, therefore, considered a more
appropriate method is to add the PEA losses from the qualitative assessments to the
13 Draft National Planning Policy Framework
Land Demand and Supply
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