Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
  • Background to Economic Policy
  • Primary Employment Areas
  • Employment Development Outside the Primary Employment Areas
  • The Need for New Employment Land
  • The Allocation of New Employment Sites
  • Mixed Use Allocations
  • Safeguarding Employment Land and Buildings
  • Office Development
  • Warehouse Development
  • Tourism Attractions and Facilities
  • Rural Diversification
  • Agricultural, Equestrian and Other Animal Based Uses
  • Regeneration of Derelict and Degraded Land and Buildings
  • The Piece Hall
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

Warehouse Development

4.44 Warehousing, storage and distribution (Use Class B8) are essential activities in the modern economy. These functions tend to occupy large sites, can be either freestanding or ancillary to other uses, such as manufacturing, and can offer a variety of job opportunities. In the past, warehousing tended to generate fewer jobs for a given area than manufacturing, although the nature of larger warehouse developments is changing with many employing significant numbers of people. However, these large scale strategically located major warehouse facilities are unlikely to be developed in Calderdale given the lack of flat land and the limited access to the M62 and other main transport links. Warehouse development, which generates a job density comparable with that for manufacturing/business use of an average of 25 jobs per ha (10 jobs per acre), in appropriate locations will be supported. The UDP seeks to ensure that Use Class B8 allocations are located where they can take advantage of the Strategic Road Network, railways and canals to assist in effective distribution, but also that prime employment land which may make a better contribution to manufacturing or business regeneration is protected in order to help retain a balanced range of employment opportunities. Accordingly:-

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