This area is currently largely derelict. I believe it is valuable to keep such small areas of employment scattered throughout the community for two reasons -
1. It maintains the presence of people throughout the working day and thus mitigates the effect of the local residents commuting away to work, leaving the area deserted for much of the time and possibly rendering some forms of crime more likely (e.g. burglary).
2. It may have a minor effect on traffic by slightly reducing the flow on the major commuting routes out of the town.