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ABP supports the safeguarding of the defined Employment Areas identified in Policy DM36 including, particularly, its land within the Ipswich Port estate at the West Bank (9) and Cliff Quay (12). In respect of this policy:

i) The reference numbers provided for each area do not appear to link to a specific identified annotation on the policies map. We request that the policies map should be amended and annotated accordingly to identify these Employment Areas; and

ii) Within ABP's estate, a number of consents exist under both the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 and the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987. These consents/licences permit the handling and storage of explosive substances at Ro-Ro Berths 1 and 2 on the West Bank and at the Power Station Berth on Cliff Quay, and the handling and storage of hazardous substances including ammonium nitrate fertilizer at Cliff Quay and in the area around the former Vopak Terminal. The effect of these consents/licences is to potentially restrict the types of uses which are appropriate within defined limits of the areas in which these hazardous activities are permitted. These licenses/consents, and the activities they permit, are an important element of the infrastructure and facilities that the Port is able to offer to its customers and which, therefore, ABP would wish to vigorously safeguard. In this context, the existence of these consents/licences and the activities they permit should be acknowledged in the DPD and in appropriate other policies and allocations where the DPD addresses potential new development in the vicinity.