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Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft

Representation ID: 26640

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Suffolk County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

IBC's 2019 WYG parking report assumes a lower rate of traffic growth than that forecast by the Local Plan modelling, even accounting for modal shift. Greater clarity is needed on how the spatial strategy responds to the WYG finding that care is needed to ensure that the proposed level of parking does not inadvertently encourage car use. The “like for like” replacement approach at sites IP051 and IP015 needs clarification to avoid undermining restraint on long-stay provision. Policy needs to shorten any period of additional provision between a multi-storey being opened and a site redeveloped, to support sustainable travel efforts.

Change suggested by respondent:

Clarify how the spatial strategy responds to the WYG finding that care is needed to ensure that the proposed level of parking does not inadvertently encourage car use. Clarify the “like for like” replacement approach at sites IP051 and IP015, to avoid undermining restraint on long-stay provision. Include in policy a mechanism to shorten any period of additional provision between a multi-storey being opened and a site redeveloped.

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