Growth of Scarborough Study - Scarborough Borough Council

improvement in economic activity be targeted to move the economy to closer alignment
with comparator areas. The impact of increasing economic activity will be to increase the
additional employment needed under each growth scenario. Similarly, in planning terms
greater economic self-containment could realistically be a policy objective (namely to
reduce net commuting flows). A reduction in the level of net out-commuting in the
Borough would also lead to a more stringent employment requirement under each
scenario.
9.5.16 Given the level of analysis undertaken, it is difficult to robustly assess the level of
employment that is realistic. A more sensible approach is to think of the scenarios as a
continuum of employment forecasts that could be achieved if sufficient momentum and
intervention in the economy is generated. This momentum would need to be started
through a combination of regeneration initiatives aimed at improving the social,
economic and physical conditions in the town and Borough.
9.5.17 The quantitative analysis suggests a level of additional employment required over and
above the natural increment to sustainably achieve a particular housing-led growth
scenario. This demands moving the economy beyond current trend forecasts. To
achieve such an aspiration the following objectives should be targeted:
• Building and diversifying the economic base of the town and Borough to provide
a stronger employment base in the area – key activities should focus towards
inward investment activities, business support and start-up activities
• Create more sustainable, permanent and value adding employment
opportunities e.g. exploit the potential opportunities offered by the presence of
the University of Hull in Scarborough Town – encouraging skills retention,
subsequent business formation activity and wealth creation locally
• Focus economic growth within Scarborough Town to rebuild the heart of the
Borough’s economy
• Encourage diversity in sites and premises offer to cater for all the needs of all
relevant sectors
• Removal of key constraints in the local economy – particularly associated with
peripherality and exclusion
• Creating a physical and social environment that encourages economic growth
and prosperity
• Use future growth to ‘re-profile’ population structures and economic opportunity
– in particular, the growth of the population will provide economies associated
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