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Object
Draft Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) Development Plan Document
Representation ID: 217
Received: 10/03/2014
Respondent: Mr Leslie Short
Agent: Mr Leslie Short
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
There is a need for greater flexibility either within the specific wording of DM39 to facilitate interim alternative uses until the viability/returns of residential development fit within a site owners own business needs.
RCP Parking Ltd. object to the way in which their site which they own in Handford Road East (IP 096), is referred to in this policy. Whilst they support the allocation of the land in principle for residential purposes, the decision of when to develop/dispose should be part of their commercial strategy rather than a third party. The company has not been consulted on its business plans.
RCP Parking Ltd. object to the way in which their site which they own in Handford Road East (IP 096), is referred to in this policy. Whilst they support the allocation of the land in principle for residential purposes, the decision of when to develop/dispose should be part of their commercial strategy rather than a third party. The draft allocation indicates that it has a short-term delivery timescale but the company has not been consulted on its own business plans. Had it been so consulted it would have reaffirmed the need for flexibility and the certainty of interim beneficial uses such as car parking in a difficult economic climate.