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Representation ID: 2054

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Four Ashes Limited

Agent: Mr Mark McFadden

It is understood that Staffordshire County Council and South Staffordshire District Council members have raised queries regarding the ability for WMI to also accommodate high-quality manufacturing development.
As this would constitute Class E(g)(iii) / Class B2 General Industrial development, this would not currently be able to accommodate such development. At the time of the Order’s Examination in Public, alternative sites such as i54 at City of Wolverhampton/South Staffordshire District were preferred locations for advanced manufacturing uses. However, it is understood that i54 expansion land is nearly fully committed / let out, and therefore permitting Class Eg)(iii) / Class B2 uses as part of Draft Policy SA7 allocation would not divert inward investment from i54 as a location for advance manufacturing.