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Representation ID: 26443

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy ISPA4 – Cross Boundary Working to Deliver Sites
3.1 Pigeon support the Council’s inclusion of a policy that relates to the delivery of sites outside of the Borough. However, this policy remains almost the same as its version in the previous document, only including a little more detail. Furthermore, this policy relates solely to site ISPA4.1. It does not therefore provide any general policy support or guidance for delivering Ipswich Borough Council’s housing need for 8,010 homes (Policy CS7), outside of the authority area, particularly given the stepped housing trajectory with less homes delivered at the start of the plan period.
3.2 The Site Sheet for ISPA4.1 sets out that the development would need to be ‘delivered in coordination with the delivery of the Ipswich Garden Suburb to ensure that there is sufficient infrastructure capacity to meet demand’. The Ipswich Garden is assessed with further commentary within this representation, and in line with the conclusions of this, it is considered that reliance on the Ipswich Garden Suburb puts site ISPA4.1 at risk of delay.