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Object

Representation ID: 579

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Objection to policy DM49 which allocates 15000 sq m of new retail floorspace as opposed to 35000 in the Adopted Core Strategy. There is insufficient evidence to justify the reduction which has been reached arbitrarily. Only one site (IP40 Land at Westgate) has been allocated for new retail development but the NPPF states that a range of suitable sites should be allocated. The 2010 retail capacity study should be updated to inform policy and the Jewson site considered for town centre use.