USS notes that it is proposed to continue to identify its asset at Clifton Road Industrial Estate as an allocation for development within the ‘Clifton Road Area’ allocation.

USS notes the following commentary on the Clifton Road Area allocation in the consultation document: “the redevelopment of this site to provide new homes will result in a significant loss of employment uses that would need to be relocated, and we have limited evidence that it will still come forward, and therefore we will need to work with the landowners to gather this evidence to have greater certainty that this site will be brought forward for development by 2041. These issues will be considered further as the draft Local Plan is prepared”.

As set out in representations to the Issues and Options Consultation (2020), USS is preparing a strategy for the delivery of the redevelopment of the Clifton Road Industrial Estate. USS therefore strongly supports the proposed continuation of the Clifton Road Area allocation for mixed-use development and looks forward to working collaboratively with the Council as it gathers evidence to show that the site can be brought forward for development by 2041.