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Representation ID: 5424

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Mr Arwel Owen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The provisions of Policy DM5(f) are not consistent with national policy and are contrary to paragraph 173 of the NPPF. DM5(f) [and paragraph 9.51] implies an obligation for homes to be built to Lifetime Homes Standard, but doesn't make this clear. Thus policy DM5 is ambiguous and establishes obligations which are inconsistent with national planning policy, which recognises that the delivery costs of polices must be taken into account. Other obligations e.g. "very good architectural quality" and "highly sustainable" buildings are subjective and without justification. The public art policy has been deleted, and clause (i) should therefore be deleted.