Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Submission Document
Representation ID: 32664
Received: 25/04/2013
Respondent: Mr B J Free
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The shortage of affordable industrial premises is the principle brake on the development of employment and the councils should address this problem not indulge in flashy vanity projects. The developers of shiny new industrial estates expect too high a rent to make them affordable to start-up companies. Most of these are forced to start life in disused barns or church halls if they can find them.
The document offers no explanation as to how achieving 2 million passengers a year at the Airport would lead to employment in the proposed Saxon Business Park. The A319s operated by easyJet have minimal galley space and serve no hot meals on their short flights. There would be no requirement to have catering facilities to provide in-flight meals for their aircraft at Southend. Ryanair only employ 106 staff for every 1 million passengers carried.
The re-location of IPECO to the Saxon Business Park would only move jobs not create them and leave premises in the Aviation Way empty. Rochford District Council has closed and demolished the Foundry Industrial Area and is planning the same for the Eldon Way Business Park; both in Hockley. It is reasonable to conclude that there is not a shortage of such provision locally especially as that in Avaiation Way is not fully occupied.
If the recommendations of R&D Report 9636 to radically change the shape of the Public Safety Zone is adopted this could prevent the proposed development of a business park at the junction of Prince Avenue and Nestuda Way.
The Submission Draft in this section is as outlined above unbalanced. As the law requires balance in such a document this makes the Submission Draft unlawful.
The shortage of affordable industrial premises is the principle brake on the development of employment and the councils should address this problem not indulge in flashy vanity projects. The developers of shiny new industrial estates expect too high a rent to make them affordable to start-up companies. Most of these are forced to start life in disused barns or church halls if they can find them.
The document offers no explanation as to how achieving 2 million passengers a year at the Airport would lead to employment in the proposed Saxon Business Park. The A319s operated by easyJet have minimal galley space and serve no hot meals on their short flights. There would be no requirement to have catering facilities to provide in-flight meals for their aircraft at Southend. Ryanair only employ 106 staff for every 1 million passengers carried.
The re-location of IPECO to the Saxon Business Park would only move jobs not create them and leave premises in the Aviation Way empty. Rochford District Council has closed and demolished the Foundry Industrial Area and is planning the same for the Eldon Way Business Park; both in Hockley. It is reasonable to conclude that there is not a shortage of such provision locally especially as that in Avaiation Way is not fully occupied.
If the recommendations of R&D Report 9636 to radically change the shape of the Public Safety Zone is adopted this could prevent the proposed development of a business park at the junction of Prince Avenue and Nestuda Way.
The Submission Draft in this section is as outlined above unbalanced. As the law requires balance in such a document this makes the Submission Draft unlawful.