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Policy WS/IO: Creating inclusive employment and business opportunities through new developments

What will this policy do?-

This policy will set out how new developments should support the skills and training needs of local residents and provide opportunities for local businesses.

Proposed policy direction-

It is proposed to require appropriately scaled developments to contribute to local training, skills and employment opportunities, for example apprenticeships, to help to ensure that the local community benefits from the development.

In addition, appropriately scaled developments would be required to provide access for local businesses to supply chain opportunities in various stages of development.

If we take this approach forward, we will need to define the threshold for appropriately scaled development, which we will do at the draft plan stage.