Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5673
Received: 29/10/2017
Respondent: Mrs Christine Horsfall
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This planning application is not strategic, a planning application has been made for a 700,000 sq m and this figure has been used co-incidentally in the local plan. There is no evidence that this area is needed, warehousing is frequently advertised as available in Magna Park. There is no business advantage in grouping such a large number of distribution centres on one site and, in terms of employees, distributing the warehouses across a larger area would result in shorter commutes to work and hence less pollution.
This planning application is not strategic, a planning application has been made for a 700,000 sq m and this figure has been used co-incidentally in the local plan. There is no evidence that this area is needed, warehousing is frequently advertised as available in Magna Park. There is no business advantage in grouping such a large number of distribution centres on one site and, in terms of employees, distributing the warehouses across a larger area would result in shorter commutes to work and hence less pollution.