Draft Regulation 18 Sandwell Local Plan

APPENDIX C - Employment

1. Under Policy SEC2, 221 hectares of employment land will be allocated as strategic employment land and will be safeguarded for manufacturing and logistics uses within Use Classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii)), B2 and B8.
2. Within Sandwell, high-quality employment land is concentrated in three main areas. Two of these are around the M5 - adjacent to Junction 1 in West Bromwich and adjacent to Junction 2 in Oldbury. The third area where there is a concentration of high quality employment land is along the Black Country New Road, from Tipton to Wednesbury.
3. Under Policy SEC3, a further 944 hectares of employment land will be allocated as local quality employment land and will be safeguarded for manufacturing and logistics uses within Use Classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii)), B2 and B8. The main concentrations of local quality employment are concentrated in Oldbury, Tipton, West Bromwich and Smethwick.
4. In addition, there are a further 12 hectares of employment land that are not being allocated; Policy SEC4 will apply to these sites.
5. In addition to the existing occupied employment it is proposed to allocate c29 hectares of vacant land for employment purposes. These proposed sites are set out below.

Employment Allocations – vacant land