The Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Corporate Services provided a detailed summary of the Wirral Employment Land and Premises Study (ELPS), which provided a detailed analysis of all sites currently identified for potential employment use and an assessment of all of the key employment areas within the Borough. He indicated that it was the key element of the evidence required to provide a strategic framework for determining the Borough’s employment land requirements for the life of the Local Development Framework (LDF) to 2030.

On a motion by Councillor Holbrook and seconded by Councillor Foulkes, it was –

Resolved –

(1)  That Cabinet approves the Employment Land and Premises Study as a material consideration for use by the Planning Committee in the determination of planning applications with the proviso that flexibility in terms of green belt policy shall not go beyond that set out in the quote from the Council’s Investment Strategy at paragraph 3.42 of the report now submitted.

(2)  That the findings of the Study be used to inform the content of the emerging Core Strategy Development Plan Document.

(3)  That the findings of the Study be used to inform the delivery of Investment Strategy priorities.