Supporting Jobs

Supporting Jobs

The planning system has a key role to play in supporting a prosperous local economy. Policies should support proposals that create job opportunities, retain a skilled labour force and reduce out commuting from the county. 

From a planning policy perspective, this presents a great challenge, as the make up of local economies, working practices and guidance evolve ever faster.

Supporting growth is of particular importance to economic recovery from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic nationally. During 2020, the economy contracted by 9.9%. 

It also remains to be seen what lasting impacts the resulting changes to working practices during the pandemic will have, but it is predicted that some sectors of industry will shift to working, learning, and engaging in commerce remotely.

Herefordshire is a predominantly rural county, with agriculture, food and drink production, and tourism all forming important components of the local economy. These will be dealt with in separate topic areas, under Tourism and the Rural Economy. 

The reviewed policies are concerned with the provision of employment land, the safeguarding of the county’s best employment land, and the facilitation of home based working.

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