OXFORD EMPLOYMENT LAND STUDY APPENDICES March 2006
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OXFORD EMPLOYMENT LAND STUDY APPENDICES March 2006

OXFORD EMPLOYMENT LAND STUDY APPENDICES March 2006 OXFORD EMPLOYMENT LAND STUDY APPENDICES March 2006

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Oxford Local Plan 2001-2016 (Proposed Modifications, June 2005) 11. The Draft Local Plan aims to encourage sustainable development, strengthen existing employment sectors and modernise existing employment uses within Oxford., but within the context of employment restraint, which is required to protect Oxford’s character and avoid adding to Oxford’s housing and transport pressures. This overall approach will encourage better use of existing resources and provide diversity in opportunities. The Draft Plan allocates Oxford Science Park, Oxford Business Park and Littlemore Park as sites for employment development as well as 40 key protected sites. The following policies apply to employment sites: • Policy EC2 resists development that will result in loss of key existing employment sites and premises; • Policy EC3 allows for modernisation of non-protected employment generating sites where a number of criteria are satisfied including no major increase in employment density and creating employment opportunities important to Oxford’s economy and local workforce. • Policy EC4 allows for some loss of employment sites where a number of criteria are met including: LON2005/R10271-002 a) the loss of jobs would not reduce the diversity and availability of local employment opportunities; and b) it will not significantly reduce the number of small and startup business premises; and c) no other suitable alternative business occupiers can be found following a realistic effort at marketing the site and/or premises at a reasonable price for an appropriate time period; or d) the premises are shown to be badly sited or unsuitable due to operational reasons, which cause nuisance or environmental problems to the surrounding area. Policy EC5 allows for changes of use from employment-generating uses to other types of land uses when the development meets all the following criteria: a. proposals for alternative uses should first consider the suitability of the site for residential developments or for mixed-use developments comprising employment and residential uses, which could include studio workshops and live/work units on smaller sites; Conclusions 12. The implications of the above policy aims for employment land in Oxford can be summarised as follows: • Oxford is subject to strategic policies of economic restraint, and these have applied for some time; • No significant new employment land allocations are made for the City; • The City Council’s preferred approach is one of managed economic growth • The emerging sub-regional strategy indicates a continued restraint approach to economic growth in Oxford while fostering its economic sectors • Local Plan policies for Oxford aim to protect existing employment sites from other uses using a cascade approach which allows some flexibility where modernisation of employment sites is achieved.

LON2005/R10271-002 APPENDIX 3 MAIN EMPLOYMENT CENTRES NEAR OXFORD

LON2005/R10271-002<br />

APPENDIX 3<br />

MAIN <strong>EMPLOYMENT</strong> CENTRES NEAR <strong>OXFORD</strong>

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