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Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Representation ID: 5269

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: New Anglia LEP for Norfolk and Suffolk

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Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

National Guidance refers to the need for Transport Assessments to be proportionate to the scale and nature of development. Whilst the commitment to sustainable transport solutions is welcomed, IBC's proposed threshold of ten dwellings for a full Transport Assessment is tougher than the approach previously applied by national government and does not consider the role of Transport Statements. The County Council wishes to apply a more robust approach than that in the 2007 Guidance, but believes that indicative thresholds would be more appropriate. Depending on other feedback, ten dwellings would be a useful indicative threshold for requiring a Transport Statement.

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