Policy information sourced from Redbridge Local Plan
LP16: Skills and Training
The Council will seek to address unemployment by facilitating training opportunities for local residents, and increasing the employment ofered in the borough by:
- Seeking planning obligations towards employment training, including apprenticeships, and job brokerage where related in scale and kind to the development (see LP41);
- Supporting the location of higher and further education establishments within the borough to provide new training opportunities for local residents;
- Delivering construction training in conjunction with the Council’s recognised providers for all major developments;
- Entering into agreements with the Council where appropriate to provide local access to new training and employment opportunities; and
- Securing fnancial contributions from development that results in a net loss of employment foorspace to invest in training and other initiatives that seek to promote employment and adult education in the borough.
Implementation
The Council will make use of planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
For more information please see the Local Plan