RESOLVED
That the Cabinet approves, to go out to public consultation for a period of six weeks, the draft Crawley Economic Recovery Plan (Appendix A to report PES/385) subject to the following amendments shown in bold below, being included in the Recovery Plan in order to emphasise findings from the Local Plan Review:
• Add to slide 3 – Crawley’s “One Town” Vision for 2050 the following bullet point: ‘new sites to provide for all Crawley’s employment growth sectors and help boost jobs for residents”
• Add to slide 6 – Plan to Restore Economic Success Post COVID-19, under “Structural Challenges”: ‘Limited overall available employment land supply”
Reasons for the Recommendations
Cabinet approval is sought to go out to public consultation in order to seek feedback and input to help develop the draft Plan and to secure broad support for the proposals.
Crawley’s Local Plan Review process has included a thorough Economic Growth Assessment and an Employment Land Availability Assessment to ensure the Borough’s projected economic growth can be accommodated and this reveals that Crawley has a forecast employment land deficit over the period to 2037 and that as a result additional employment land allocations will be required.