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Comment

Representation ID: 25224

Received: 27/11/2017

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Whilst the merit of protecting the identity and distinctiveness of settlements and communities is acknowledged, the Local Plan should avoid applying an arbitrary and overly simplistic approach through which development on the edge of Ipswich within Suffolk Coastal District is seen as harmful to such objectives. Such an approach could severely weaken opportunities to promote sustainable patterns of growth, potentially forcing development away from the most accessible locations and further into the open countryside. Instead, such policies should be specifically focussed on protecting landscape of particular value.