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  1. Providing the right conditions and sufficient land in the right locations to support existing and new businesses and deliver the ‘green growth’.
  2. Improve the area’s economic resilience, supporting a highly skilled workforce, skills and educational development attainment. Providing the right environment for business start-ups, entrepreneurship, and the improvement and expansion of education and training facilities to develop the skills employers need.
  3. Supporting the needs of agricultural businesses, encouraging farm diversification, the development of small rural business units, the conversion of existing buildings for rural business use, appropriate expansion of existing businesses.
  4. Supporting effective home working through provision of housing with adequate space and services.
  5. Developing the area’s role as a tourist destination, building on the unique and varied cultural offer that already exists.
  6. Ensuring access to high speed, reliable full-fibre broadband connectivity in both urban and rural areas.

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Profile of James Nicholson-Smith
Posted by:James Nicholson-Smith
2 years ago
Do not allow tourist destination policies to drive up the deevlopment of second homes and airbnb. These have to be low prioity compared to delivering long term genuinely affordable housing for the employees we really need - ie nurses, teachers, police, social care
    Profile of James Nicholson-Smith
    Posted by:James Nicholson-Smith
    2 years ago
    The plan should drive up agricultural ecosystem development ie from farm to table (home/restaurant) or farm to other use eg willow furniture/biofuel. Particular emphasis on rules around farmshops, local produce restaurants and hydroponics based agriculture should be focus.
      Profile of Duncan Thacker
      Posted by:Duncan Thacker
      2 years ago
      Great to see 4 about supporting home working, but doesn't it seem a bit prescriptive? If the strategic objective is to support and increase home working, I think it would be fair for more options to be on the table (e.g. economic incentives). The "home working" aspect could also be emphasised as a factor in improving transportation by reducing load on existing networks.

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