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2.4 The RPBs believe that there is sufficient land available to reach
and exceed the upper end of this range. The significantly higher
levels of job growth shown in Table 1 can be achieved if other
key planned transport infrastructure can be implemented,
including Crossrail and the Thames Gateway Bridge. Together
the RPBs aspire to create a net 232,000 new jobs in the
Gateway over the period 2001-2016. This would represent a
surplus of new jobs over new resident workers; however, there
is a current imbalance between resident workers and jobs in
the Gateway that this level of employment growth would help
to address.
Table 1 Potential for Net Job Growth in the Gateway 2001-2016
Potential net new jobs 2001-2016
London 150,000
North Kent 40,000
South Essex 42,000*
Total for Gateway 232,000
*This figure is likely to increase as a consequence of further work to address the
jobs/dwellings relationship in the East of England.
2.5 The full development of a few very large sites would make a big
contribution. For example, five proposed developments in the
Gateway have current private sector development interest and
could create over 150,000 jobs between them: Canary Wharf
(Canary Wharf), Stratford City (Chelsfield and Stanhope),
Greenwich Peninsula (Meridian Delta), Ebbsfleet and Eastern
Quarry (Land Securities) and Shell Haven (P&O).
2.6 The large scale of projected population growth in the Gateway
will itself be a major source of employment as personal and
consumer services that support residential areas become an
increasingly significant generator of local jobs. Equally, the scale
and variety of housing growth can help to provide the necessary
size and mix of labour force, both to support economic growth
and to address current problems of unemployment and
under-employment.
2.7 The full realisation of the Gateway’s economic capacity will require:
◆ A very substantial increase in the size, skills and mobility of
the resident labour force. This will need major investment in
education and training to raise skill levels that are currently
below the average for the wider South East.