Comment

Representation ID: 9609

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Wilshamstead Ward

Elstow (EMP5)
This is proposed to be developed into a science park. However, the Borough Council has an appalling record on employment sites, failing to attract significant skilled employment in sufficient numbers.

The result is a vast network of warehouses with either low-skilled roles or serviced via automation, with little obvious benefit to the local community. Those in warehouse jobs that exist are often bussed in from elsewhere, which is against the principle of sustainable development. Therefore there will be little confidence that the Borough can follow through on its idea of a science park.

Even if the proposals for a science park were fruitful, it would again result in yet more vehicles coming along the A6 to access the site from outside and would bring an additional burden to already congested roads and be a contributing factor to the endless development sprawl from Stewartby and Wootton, via Wixams and Wisltead, through to Shortstown and Cardington.