Creating the Place; Fix F, Green Edges and Corridors; Employment Site Link:

The draft SPD states: "A formal green landscape which creates a legible and direct route through the employment site, providing a link between the eastern HQPT stop/mixed use area and the residential area to the south".

Fig.43, Green Edges and Corridors, illustrates this employment site link. As a result of the scale and detail of this figure the exact route of this corridor is unclear.

In light of the existing industrial operations which take place within this employment area, particularly those of DB Group, it will be essential to ensure that a safe route can be created which ensures that pedestrians and cyclists are separated from vehicular traffic. This is considered to be of particular importance as a result of the HGV movements which are associated with DB Group's existing operations (currently an average of 5 HGV vehicles coming in and out each day - and this will increase with the company's expansion plans). Another consideration is that the precise activities of most companies do change over time as product/markets change and changes in technology dictate that processes need to change to remain competitive and deliver what the customer wants. It is important that DB Group retains flexibility for unfettered access to its site to enable its existing operations, short term future expansion plans and the company's continued long term growth.