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Object

Post Submission Main Modifications Core Strategy and Policies (DPD) and Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) (DPD)

Representation ID: 24472

Received: 01/12/2016

Respondent: Ashfield Land Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

B1a uses are now proposed to be specifically excluded, whilst the draft Plan previously specifically included B1a uses. This appears to be contrary to the text in Table 3 of Policy SP5 where there is no exclusion of uses within class B1 for the Ipswich Business Park.

As a result, Appendix 3A and Policy SP5 are consistent, and this also relates to the wording of policy DM25 of the draft Core Strategy DPD, which allows for B1 use subject
to sequential testing.

Ashfield Land considers the proposed exclusion of office uses at the Ipswich Business Park to be contrary to paragraph 157 of the NPPF, where flexibility of uses are
encouraged.

Ashfield Land also seeks reassurance that the indicative capacity figures for floorspace is for indicative purposes only. At no point during the consultation process have the figures of 10,000sqm for both business use and other B-Class uses been discussed.
At present, the eastern part of the site is subject to a planning application (ref 16/00898/FUL) by a national floorcovering business for a regional distribution centre
providing approximately 13,378sqm of B8 use. The application is due for determination in January 2017. The size of this proposed development would exceed the indicative capacity figures provided in the policy.

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Support

Post Submission Main Modifications Core Strategy and Policies (DPD) and Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) (DPD)

Representation ID: 24483

Received: 29/12/2016

Respondent: Historic England

Representation Summary:

Support the addition of text to the development constraints section relating to heritage issues

Full text:

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