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Representation ID: 7566

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: L&P Chess Ltd

Agent: Eclipse Planning Service

Turning to Section 6 and employment, we acknowledge that the relationships between land, plot ratios and jobs are difficult to define. We note draft Policy E1S which refers to the remarkably precise figure of 8,642 net additional jobs in the Plan period. Yet there are wide variations in the amount of land proposed to meet this requirement. Not all job growth will necessarily be in sectors which require the allocation of land. We note what paragraph 6.6 says about the “most appropriate” figure of 171 hectares in total and the net requirement of 123 hectares. However, neither of these figures can be related (on the basis of what appears in this document) to the range of 131 to 179 hectares in the four options; nor is there any indication of whether these figures are themselves gross or net. Paragraph 6.8 is inconsistent with both paragraph 6.6 and the options: making due allowance for the word “about” in relation to the three sites of 30 hectares, the total here amounts to around 153 hectares. The key point however is that whatever figure for employment land eventually emerges from the Local Plan process, Site 951 should be regarded, for employment as well as housing, as a common element to all options.