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Object

Representation ID: 5417

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Mr Arwel Owen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The requirement for at least 35% affordable housing provision in the IGS is not justified by the evidence, nor does it contribute to an effective policy. This level of affordable housing provision is not viable in Ipswich. The NPPF makes it clear (paragraphs 173-177) that local plan policy should not place an undue burden on development and that the implications of policy should be tested during plan making. The PBA Viability Testing for the Ipswich Development Plan provides no scenario which models the IGS. On a practical level, a floorspace measure is incapable of being applied to outline planning applications.