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Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26547
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Generic requirements in the overall allocation IP048a cause potential conflict with the delivery of a Primary School expediently at the site. The requirement to develop residential uses at upper floors would not be necessarily wholly deliverable with a Primary School and therefore we propose that the supporting text to the allocation makes clear that residential accommodation should only be provided where feasible and appropriate. The allocation wording is too restrictive regarding retention of the locally listed façade. The requirement for a development brief is unnecessary. The school element should be a separate allocation. (See also SP2 & Opportunity Area C).
We propose that: the supporting text to the allocation makes clear that residential accommodation should only be provided where feasible and appropriate; the wording be amended to reflect the requirements in the NPPF regarding assessment of an asset's significance and the distinction between designated and non-designated assets; the development brief requirement be removed; the school component of allocation IP048a be stripped out from the policy and included as a separate allocation.