It is our representation that the proposal to expand Magana Park by 700,000 square metres (over and above that recently approved ) is unsound because of the following:
Key Issue 3 asserts that the local plan should:
"contributing significantly to wider sub-regional land requirements for road based strategic distribution business space"
There is already a huge warehousing development ( rail served which is clearly more environmentally friendly) only a few miles South on the A5 at DIRFT as well as another huge rail served development near East Midlands Airport. We also understand there are plans for another substantial warehouse at the A5 / M69 junctions. Again, are we not looking at a the potential of vast tracts of productive land being covered in warehouses that are not required here?

The NPPF states there is a preference for rail served warehousing locations. Magna Park clearly is not and never will be but only a few miles south on the A5 DIRFT is.
The evidence for the additional 700k sq mtrs is that there are currently two planning applications equating to this total. Our summation is therefore that the proposal is purely opportunistic / tactical hence not strategic or focused on employment needs in the area.

Research suggest that there is not demand for this level of road only served warehousing in the county. As its stands today, there is empty warehouse space in Magna Park so such a development could lead to even more unused space.

The result would be the destruction of farmland, countryside and wildlife which once developed will never come back again