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Comment

Representation ID: 24971

Received: 25/10/2017

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Whilst accepting the need for providing sufficient employment land sites that offer flexibility to potential employers, the current Local Plan has over a 150% margin over the assessed employment need. Apart from the missed opportunity of sites remaining undeveloped through excess capacity, there is the issue of unregenerated brown field sites remaining a blot on the landscape making Ipswich a less attractive and vibrant town. There should be an opportunity to make some reallocations from land currently protected for employment use to housing. Similarly there is an over provision of the allocation of retail space.