MORE land for industry will be freed up if the States agrees next month.

The Environment Department has recommended various amendments to the Urban Area and Rural Area Plans, which govern what can be built where.

It wanted to release 4.6 acres of land on five different sites for small workshops and yards, but has accepted a recommendation by an independent planning inspector that land at Portinfer Road, Vale, should not be included. That has reduced the area to 3.2 acres.

The site at Portinfer Road attracted considerable opposition from people living nearby.

In her report, planning inspector Jill Kingaby said her principal concern related to transport and access.

‘It seems to me that it is a backland site reached by way of a narrow access drive between residential properties,’ she said.

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