Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15338
Received: 05/05/2016
Respondent: Ford Motor Company
Agent: Iceni Projects Limited
Ford notes that the land north of its car park (north of Eagle Way), known as the 'Council Depot, The Drive, Warley - site reference 081' has been allocated for residential development.
Ford has assumed that the employment designation to the north of Eagle Way, Warley is retained within the Draft Local Plan. Ford believes that an appropriate policy should be included within the Brentwood Local Plan which provides future flexibility for the redevelopment of this site for range of land uses should the car park become surplus to Ford's requirements during the Plan period.
Should the site become surplus to requirement during the Plan period, then there should be no requirement for Ford to justify the loss of employment on this land as it has not previously been used for employment uses - only ancillary car parking. A more flexible policy wording for Ford's land to the north of Eagle Way may assist in realising or enhancing this development aspiration in future years.
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