Object

Representation ID: 5274

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: New Anglia LEP for Norfolk and Suffolk

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

CS15 encourages early education facilities to be located within/adjacent to district/local centres or co-located with schools, which is supported. However, Policy DM21 protects district and local centres for retail uses. Community facilities have significant value on high streets. They include early education (Appendix 4), but the criteria in DM21 set the bar too high. 'Prominent positions' (part (i)) is difficult to define and therefore ineffective. The required marketing strategy (Part (ii)) will restrict the County Council's ability to provide new early years facilities. Paragraph f. regarding accessibility is difficult to achieve when facilities are aimed at specific age groups.

Object

Representation ID: 5471

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: AquiGen

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Re. the extension of the Nacton Road District Centre under Policy DM21: District and Local Centres and Proposals Map. There are no immediately available opportunities to the south and west of the Centre to support a viable extension. Instead, given the strong and positive linkage between the two locations, we recommend an expansion of the District Centre boundary to include the Site [Futura Park].

Object

Representation ID: 5569

Received: 27/02/2015

Respondent: Planware Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Planning policy must be consistent with the principles set out within the Framework. Each policy should "plan" positively for development; be justified; effective; and consistent with the Framework. If any policy that is not compliant with one of these four tests, it cannot be considered sound (see the Framework).