St Edmundsbury Core Strategy (December 2010)

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the potential for the location of good quality Research and Development and/orhigh value manufacturing premises in proximity to Cambridge, as well as storageand distribution. The ELR recommends the promotion of Haverhill as part of theCambridge sub-region and the encouragement of development on existingallocated sites. It also recommends working with partners to improve andupgrade the A1307 Cambridge road.4.107 Employment in areas outside the Town and Country Planning 'B' UseClasses (business, industrial and storage and distribution) are dominant in theborough, and this, combined with proximity to Cambridge, mean that it isimportant that employment policies are robust and forward looking to cope withboth retaining and strengthening the key employment sectors in the west ofSuffolk, and flexible encouraging and nurturing the establishment and location ofbusinesses in new and developing industries.The Local Economy4.108 St Edmundsbury has a diverse and growing economy. The Core Strategysupports, encourages and provides for the development of land and use ofbuildings for employment purposes, appropriate in scale to the towns and villages,and in sustainable locations. Policy needs to be sufficiently flexible to suit andpromote diversity and recognise changing patterns and types of employmentthroughout the plan period and beyond.4.109 The development of 68.28 hectares of allocated employment land to theeast of the Suffolk Business Park in Bury St Edmunds (See Proposals Map, KeyDiagram and Appendix 5) will secure an eastern relief road with direct access fromthe A14 and a supply of quality, well serviced sites well located within the boroughand the region. This strategic site allocation will provide long-term certainty andenable the town to respond to changes in demand. It will also allow theopportunity and flexibility for older inappropriately located and/or poor qualityemployment sites within the town to be regenerated and/or re-used for otherpurposes (i.e. businesses that may not fit neatly into the B Use Classes). This willbe addressed in more detail in the Bury St Edmunds Area Action Plan.4.110 Haverhill is close to the M11 corridor and Stansted Airport. Its proximity toCambridge has increased its economic prosperity. Employment sites are mainlymanufacturing and storage, although one of the largest employers Genzyme, is abiotechnology company. Detailed policies will be set out in other LocalDevelopment Documents, including the Haverhill Area Action Plan.4.111 Culture, tourism and the creative industries are of growing regional andlocal importance, and St Edmundsbury is in a good position to optimise theopportunities that these activities bring to the local economy. Whilst the term“employment” to describe land and premises used for commercial purposes willcontinue to refer to uses in the B Use Classes, we will take a broader view of“employment” in proposals that involve non-B Use Classes (including tourism) jobsand/or positive benefits to the local economy providing a convincing case is putforward and the proposal complies with the objectives of sustainabledevelopment. If necessary, detailed policies will be included in the other DPDs.4.112 Development for employment opportunities that fall outside the B Classesin the Town & Country Use Classes Order will be considered on their meritsdependent on location, the number and quality of jobs created, and satisfyingcriteria in detailed policies in Development Plan Documents. Sustainableemployment development will be encouraged, including proposals for home-based57
working, such as workspace extensions (subject to criteria including scale, noiseand disturbance), and live/work units. The conversion or redevelopment oftraditional rural buildings to create small local business parks or rural enterprisehubs in sustainable locations and in scale and character with their surroundingswill also be encouraged.Policy CS9 Employment and the Local EconomyProvision will be made for development that will aim to deliver at least13,000 additional jobs in the borough by 2026. Employment land east ofSuffolk Business Park, Bury St Edmunds (68.28 hectares) and HanchettEnd at Haverhill (12 hectares) (Proposals Map, Key Diagram andAppendix 5) is allocated to enable the delivery of additional jobs insustainable locations in the towns of Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill.Employment growth will also be achieved by the allocation of land foremployment uses in mixed use developments in Bury St Edmunds,Haverhill, and the Key and Local Service Centres, and through policiessupporting growth in the rural economy, retail, leisure and tourism.Existing General Employment Areas in or near Key Service Centres orLocal Service Centres will continue to be protected and promoted foremployment uses.Policies in Area Action Plans will ensure employment growth within adiverse local economy that will deliver a substantial proportion of thejobs target for “the Rest of Suffolk” identified in the East of EnglandPlan. Growth will focus on Bury St Edmunds in the north of the boroughto ensure that the town can fulfil its role as a Key Centre forDevelopment and Change, by providing for quality employmentdevelopment at the Suffolk Business Park. In the south of the borough,growth will be concentrated in Haverhill so that it can continue to meetthe local employment needs in the Greater Cambridge area, particularlythose of research and development and bio-technology industries.Existing employment areas will continue to meet local and sub-regionalneeds at Clare, Great Wratting, Chedburgh, Barnham, Saxham andStanton/Hepworth (Shepherd's Grove).Proposals for growth in Key Service Centres and Local Service Centreswill be expected to include provision for employment land and premisesto meet local needs and encourage sustainable communities including,where viable, integrated within strategic areas of growth.All employment proposals will be expected to meet the criteria set out inPolicy CS2 to protect and enhance natural resources and ensure thesustainable design of the built environment.Policies in Development Plan Documents will set criteria for thecontinued encouragement of sustainable employment development andtourism development opportunities (including conversion of suitablebuildings) in villages and rural areas.3. This PPS replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 4: Industrial, commercial development andsmall firms (PPG4, 1992), Planning Policy Guidance Note 5: Simplified Planning Zones (PPG5,1992), Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for town centres (PPS6, 2005), Planning Policy58
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