Chapter 10 - Urban Environments Council Works The Council will seek to use materials and street furniture of a consistent style, compatible with heritage objectives and any relevant design guidelines for the town centres, in altering or reconstructing any roads, footpaths, or structures on public land within town centres. This theme will be extended to Council’s landscaping and gardening works as well. Other The Council will co-operate with the port company to enhance the physical connection and integration between the ferry terminal, the foreshore area and the town centre. Guidelines provide the appropriate means of implementing most of the aims for visual character in town centres. They are flexible enough to allow for the many variations which exist when trying to address the maintenance and enhancement of visual character. The further methods are simple matters for the Council to act on, in its capacity as a service delivery organisation. 10.4 Industrial Activity Industry is a significant part of human activity. Not only does industry supply the community with the goods and services it has come to depend upon, it provides a significant proportion of the population with employment. It is generally desirable for industry to locate within the urban environment. This ensures that the services needed to support industrial activity are available to this sector. These include, access to main transport routes, ports, employees and activities which service the needs of employees, and so on. It is therefore necessary for there to be areas set aside for industrial activity in the urban area. It may also be necessary to allow for industrial activity in more rural type areas, for those industries which serve this sector. This is the first ‘sub-issue’ for industrial activity. The other side of industrial activity in the urban environment is the need to manage the effects of industrial activity. The issues are: 1. Inadequate provision of land with industrial amenities in appropriate areas can result in lack of opportunity for industry, loss of accessibility to industrial areas and adverse effects on the environment of surrounding areas; and 2. Managing the effects of industrial activity. These two issues will be discussed in turn with objectives, policies and implementation methods incorporated to address them. 10.4.1 Issue Inadequate provisions of land with industrial amenities in appropriate areas can result in lack of opportunity for industry development, loss of accessibility to industrial areas and adverse effects on the environment of surrounding areas. 10 - 21