The Manston Airport Development Consent Order 2022

Education, employment and skills plan

20.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until an employment and skills plan has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the relevant planning authority, following consultation with the relevant local education authority to the extent that it relates to matters relevant to their function.

(2) The employment and skills plan must contain—

(a) chapters addressing—

(i) legal compliance;

(ii) reporting procedures; and

(iii) obligations to be placed upon third parties including local educational establishments and bodies;

(b) plans and policy documents including—

(i) a local hiring policy;

(ii) an education and skills policy; and

(iii) a workplace training policy;

(c) provision for the establishment of a local employment partnership board to include the relevant planning authority and the relevant local education authority and other relevant stakeholders as appropriate, to assist in the delivery of the plans and policies listed under paragraph (b); and

(d) provision for a process under which the contents of the employment and skills plan is continually reviewed against relevant best practice and any consequent changes are submitted for approval by the relevant planning authority.

(3) The employment and skills plan approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented in full.