Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 6116
Received: 02/11/2017
Respondent: Mrs Shiela Carlton
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This cannot increase employment opportunities for local residents as:
1. there is very low unemployment in the area (less than 1%)
2. about 75% of storage and distribution jobs offered will continue to be lower-skilled low-paid, on insecure contracts with limited conditions
3. over 53% of local residents are already high-skilled and qualified, or in the process of achieving higher skills.
Exanded site employment of 19,200 will be wrong sort of jobs to recruit local residents and will only result in pulling in more commuting workers from a wider area..Already, most workers commute 10 miles+ to work at Magna Park.
This cannot increase employment opportunities for local residents as:
1. there is very low unemployment in the area (less than 1%)
2. about 75% of storage and distribution jobs offered will continue to be lower-skilled low-paid, on insecure contracts with limited conditions
3. over 53% of local residents are already high-skilled and qualified, or in the process of achieving higher skills.
Exanded site employment of 19,200 will be wrong sort of jobs to recruit local residents and will only result in pulling in more commuting workers from a wider area..Already, most workers commute 10 km+ to work at Magna Park.