SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 35
xi.
Where justified, development for Airport related uses beyond the Airport
boundary will be permitted, providing that it accords with other policies in the
Plan, including Green Belt policy. This will include opportunities within the
allocated employment site (UK2).
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
xii.
The Council will support JLR to compete and further its success in the global
vehicles industry. To achieve this, the JLR site will need to continue to evolve
and where necessary expand, with the only realistic opportunity for significant
expansion being to the north east.
xiii.
The Council will support and encourage the development of JLR within its
boundary defined in this Local Plan. This will include a broad range of
development needed to maintain or enhance the function of JLR as a major
manufacturer of vehicles.
xiv.
Site UK2 on the Policies Map, will be released from the Green Belt to
accommodate employment development, including that required for JLR
operational needs or to enable JLR component suppliers, needed to directly
support JLR operational needs, to be located close to the plant. The
exceptional circumstances justifying the removal of the land from the Green
Belt are set out in the justification to this policy.
xv.
It will be expected that proposals for the development of Site UK2 will be
promoted in a comprehensive and coordinated manner that can make
provision for a phased approach, if required.
Birmingham Business Park
xvi.
The Council will support and encourage the development of Birmingham
Business Park within its boundary defined in this Local Plan to support its role
as a prime employment location and enhance its important role as a high
quality, managed business park.
xvii.
Development will be supported that includes offices, light industrial, general
industrial and warehousing uses. The Council will expect development to
progress in a well-planned way that will maintain the attractiveness of the
business park to investors and that will protect and enhance the environment
including the natural environment.
xvii.
The Council will also support a broad range of ancillary or complementary
uses needed to enhance the attraction of the business park to occupiers.
These could include hotels and commercial/business/service uses of a scale
that does not compete with existing or planned facilities outside of
Birmingham Business Park.
Justification
80.
The policy reflects the Government’s commitment, as set out in the NPPF, to securing
sustainable economic growth in order to create jobs and prosperity, building on the area’s
strengths and meeting the challenges of global competition and a low carbon future.
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