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Object

Representation ID: 5377

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Applekirk Properties Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Applekirk Properties Ltd objects to policy CS2 as it cannot be considered to have been positively prepared and it is not justified as the strategy will not provide the future capacity for comparison and convenience retail floorspace identified in the evidence base. The NPPF requires local planning authorities to allocate a range of suitable sites to meet the scale and type of retail development needed. We consider that policy CS2 fails to do this. Sites are available in the Waterfront/Merchants Quarter which would accommodate an element of the retail capacity identified for Ipswich and support its regeneration.