Object

Representation ID: 5495

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA needs to take account of the outputs from the Viability Testing for Ipswich Borough Council report which questions the viability of office, industrial and warehouse development. The jobs figure is based on over-estimated population growth, the SA should take this into account. The viability study challenges the viability of the Westgate site and the SA has not acknowledged this. The SA should recommend measures to improve the retail offer and deliver new jobs. The SA should assess the impact of developing the Sugar Beet Factory site on the delivery of the Core Strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 5611

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS argued [previously] that IBC's Core Strategy was unsustainable as it was based on unrealistic job targets. The previous SA failed to recognise these concerns. Evidence now shows that the jobs target was unsustainable and the original SA incorrectly assessed the CS as sustainable. A more evidence-based approach to SA is required. We are disappointed that IBC has ditched the employment-led strategy in favour of a housing-led approach. There has been no assessment or evidence of the relative merits of such an approach compared to a realistic jobs-led strategy. The SA needs to consider the implications of this key change.