Supplementary Planning Documents have now been published to inform the public on two public consultations which will be running from 12 July until 25 September 2023.
The Employment and Skills Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is aimed at businesses, developers, educational institutions and Borough residents, and seeks to further the objectives of the Economic Development Strategy to increase the availability of good quality local jobs for local people while also contributing to the Local Plan goal of 5,000-6,000 net additional jobs in the Borough by 2023.
Building on existing good practice, it promotes partnership working between developers and the Broxbourne Strategic Partnership for Skills (BSPS) to secure work opportunities for local people, including good quality apprenticeships, work placements, training, outreach work, and a better mix of skilled jobs.
It proposes the creation of Employment and Skills Training Action Plans for both the construction phase of development and also the operational phase, involving agreements with the end-users of employment facilities.
Further to this, there is also an ongoing consultation for improvement proposals for Wharf Road with plans seeking to promote better living conditions for the residents of the Wharf Road traveller site in Wormley as well as supporting action to improve the environment of the Lee Valley Country Park and tackle issues of unlawful expansion of the site. The consultation is aimed at all Borough residents but should be of particular interest to residents of the Wharf Road traveller site, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, park users and residents of the Wormley and Turnford Ward.
The SPD for this consultation includes a masterplan that illustrates how the Council, working with the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, seeks to pursue the relocation of riverfront caravan pitches into a central site that was removed from the Green Belt for that purpose through the Local Plan.
It also includes a set of general principles that further explains the respective actions that the Council and the Park Authority propose to pursue.
To view copies of both documents please visit www.broxbourne.gov.uk/consultations. Consultation responses should be made in writing, no later than Monday 25 September 2023 vie email at planningpolicy@broxbourne.gov.uk, or by post to the Planning Policy Team, Broxbourne Borough Council, Bishops College, Churchgate, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 9XQ.