3.2.12
Original Document
Options are to leave industrial activity scattered around the city or to try and consolidate it in one or two key locations. Existing industrial premises may be in the city centre for historic reasons. But the firms there may not be occupying the optimal locations or premises for modern industrial activity. An active policy of managing this change may see firms requiring good access relocated closer to motorway networks, those requiring low cost premises relocated to other employment areas of the city, whilst those firms that need a city centre location for labour or product market reasons may stay where they are or move to more appropriate central area premises, assisted by environmental, urban design and public realm improvements.
Plain English Translation
The choice is to leave industrial work scattered around the city as it is now, or try to make it happen in one or two places.
Some firms might be in the city centre because that’s where they’ve always bee, but that might not be best for them. If we decide to move them they might be better near motorways, or in areas where there are cheaper factories. Some might need to be in the city centre, but the council could help them find better places there.