Chapter 7
Economy and Employment
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
adjacent to, its core retail area could be looked at. The Council should engage with real estate agents to undertake a gap analysis of store types and chains and the scope of the City Centre Coordinator role widened to tackling retail vacancies in the city centre. Submissions raise a number of issues on a variety of Draft Plan Chapters. In relation to Chapter 7: • Support the consideration of mobility given to commercial development and employment centres. • Support the clear preference given to public and active transport in the planning of commercial development and employment centres. • Support preference shown towards location large office developments in the city centre docklands and district centres and have suggested slight modification / strengthening of the objectives referring to large office developments and strategic employment zones to make this clearer. This submission supports various aspects of Chapter 7, including Objective 7.8 on Mobility Management Plans. Several suggestions are made in relation to various objectives in Chapter 7 including offices and strategic employment sites.
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The submission is generally supportive of the policy approach in Chapter 7. Recommendation: No change.
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The issues raised are noted. The Draft Plan sets out a suite of objective and strategies addressing employment and economic development. See Part 3, Chapter 4 Transport and Mobility for details of issues raised in relation to transport and mobility. Recommendation: No change.
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