Proposed Submission: Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy

5.1.4 In recognition of the above factors, the Council aims to• make Gravesham a place where enterprise can thrive in a sustainableand responsible way;• build on its strengths to increase economic diversity so that the localeconomy is more adaptable and resilient to change; and• facilitate the provision of education and skills training to enable localpeople to prosper by taking advantage of the employment opportunitiesthat arise.5.1.5 Whilst the Council recognises that jobs can be delivered from a range ofsectors, the Council's focus is to ensure that there is sufficient land for B classemployment, which includes offices, industrial and storage and distributionuses, and the range of job opportunities that this can provide. For clarity "Bclass employment" is that in use classes:• B1(a) Offices,• B1b Research and Development,• B1c Light Industrial• B2 General Industrial; and• B8 Warehouse & Distribution5.1.6 It will seek to achieve this by making provision for a minimum 4,600 newFull Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs in B class employment by:• providing for a generous supply of employment sites, to allow marketchoice and to enable the regeneration of identified sites to appropriateuses;• ensuring a range of provision for all employment sectors, to allow firmsto start-up, grow and adapt to change;• supporting office development at Ebbsfleet and in Gravesend TownCentre, to expand activity in an under-represented sector;• supporting the expansion of commercial use of the riverside, where itdoes not conflict with other stated regeneration objectives;• protecting existing employment sites, unless they are truly redundantfor modern needs or identified elsewhere in this strategy asregeneration opportunities;112