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DM1 - Sustainable and Construction

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Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5329

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Strategic Projects

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Emerging Policy DM1 part a. seeks that all new build residential developments achieve a minimum of Level 4 for the Code for Sustainable Homes standard or equivalent. Whilst we in part support the principle of this emerging policy and welcome the removal of the onerous requirement to achieve Code Level 5 and 6 [in adopted policy DM1], we query whether seeking Code Level 4 on all development sites, we query the need for the Council to include such a policy given the Code requirements are dictated by Building Regulations.

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Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5371

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The provisions of DM1 are not consistent with national policy on sustainable design and construction and are contrary to the provisions of paragraphs 95 and 173 of the NPPF. The Code for Sustainable Homes is not mandatory, and is to be replaced by provisions under the Building Regulations. These critical national policy imperatives must be reflected in DM1 if it is to be a sound policy. The Council's whole-plan viability evidence (which we consider optimistic) demonstrates that the obligations set by DM1 have a detrimental effect on viability to the effect that it could determine whether sites would be deliverable.

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Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5422

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Mr Arwel Owen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The provisions of Policy DM1 are not consistent with national policy on sustainable design and construction and are contrary to the provisions of paragraphs 95 and 173 of the NPPF, which requires sustainability polices to be set in a way which is consistent with the Government's own approach. The Code for Sustainable Homes is not mandatory, and is to be replaced by provisions under the Building Regulations. The Council's whole-plan viability evidence demonstrates that the obligations set by Policy DM1 have a clearly detrimental effect on viability and could determine the deliverability of sites.

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Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5549

Received: 02/03/2015

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd (HBF)

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

Policy DM1: Sustainable design and construction

Elements of the policy are unsound because the requirements conflict with national policy.

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Policy DM1: Sustainable design and construction

Elements of the policy are unsound because the requirements conflict with national policy.

We recommend that the requirement in the policy part A for residential development to comply with Code for Sustainable Homes level 4 is deleted because this is contrary to the Government's intention to remove the Code as a national standard but to incorporate elements in the revised and expanded Building Regulations. This is set out the Government's Housing Standards Review.

The last part of the policy states that the standards stipulated are the minimum. This is vague and will result in uncertainty for the applicant and the decision-maker. This would be contrary to the NPPF which requires that the local authority's policy on local standards is set out in the local plan (paragraph 174). This is necessary to provide clarity for the applicant to know what he or she needs to do to comply with local policy and so that the decision-maker knows how to assess the application (see paragraph 154 of the NPPF). Having clear policies is important in order to provide a practical framework to enable planning applications to be made with a high degree of predictability and efficiency (NPPF, paragraph 17).

We recommend that this part of the policy is deleted because it lacks clarity. We also recommend it is deleted because the outcome of the Government's Housing Standards Review will only require developers to comply with the Building Regulations. Local authorities will not be able to specify compliance with any other standard.

Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5600

Received: 26/02/2015

Respondent: WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The requirements of the policy are too stringent. Viability should be taken into account or else the policy could prevent development from coming forward.

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