‘Give green light to jobs and investment’
Council bosses are being urged to give the green light to plans to help create more than 5,000 jobs and attract more than £300million of investment.
The International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP), which is proposed for an area close to the A19 and to the north of Nissan’s existing manufacturing plant, is a joint project between South Tyneside and Sunderland City Councils.
A council meeting tomorrow will examine updates and modifications for the IAMP’s Area Action Plan (AAP) following a Planning Inspector’s Report.
The council’s cabinet is being asked to consider the plan from 2pm, while a full council meeting from 6pm is being asked to adopt this plan.
The council’s Deputy Leader, Coun Harry Trueman said: “IAMP is of major importance to South Tyneside and Sunderland, to all of our region, and indeed to the UK as a whole.
“These meetings and discussions on IAMP are another important step to securing this landmark development. There is already investor interest in the IAMP site and it can go on to unlock more economic and job-creating opportunities for the North East.”
IAMP would cover more than 150 hectares of land with floorspace equivalent to more than 100 football pitches.
It is expected to create more than 5,000 manufacturing jobs and attract more than £300m of investment.
Subject to further permissions, works could begin in 2018.
South Tyneside’s Cabinet meets on Wednesday , November 29, and its full council meeting examining the AAP is the following day.
Subject to the meetings and approvals from councillors as part of the decisionmaking process, the AAP would be adopted by the two councils as key parts of a long-term Local Plan.
These local plans set down how an area should develop and provide guidelines for both public and private developers.
Both councils have completed consultation on the IAMPplans,includingaform of public inquiry known as a Public Examination
Both also worked closely with the NE LEP (North East Local Enterprise Partnership), plus the areas of Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland as part of the NECA (North East Combined Authority).
Sunderland City Council’s recommendation is to adopt the plan.