Object

Representation ID: 25628

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Alice Martin

should be amended to use the same definition of major as set out in the NPPF.

Object

Representation ID: 25685

Received: 11/03/2019

Respondent: Rentplus UK Ltd

The reference in the supporting text to Policy CS8 to 9.8% of housing mix to be provided within new housing developments as Starter Homes and 5% as shared ownership should be reviewed, as the amended definition of affordable housing sets a wider range of tenures available to meet needs than paragraph 8.106 suggests. The wording at paragraph 8.141 is more suitable, allowing more flexibility to respond to local housing needs and those identified in the Core Strategy evidence base.

Object

Representation ID: 25686

Received: 11/03/2019

Respondent: Rentplus UK Ltd

Submission comments.
"We recommend that a brief SHMA update is commissioned to understand how the extended definition of affordable housing tenures can assist the Council in meeting local housing needs, and the supporting text and Policy CS8 amended accordingly. This is particularly important given that the SHMA was completed (May 2017), and updated (September 2017), prior to the formal introduction of the Annex 2 definition of affordable housing in 2018 and can therefore already be deemed 'out of date'."

Object

Representation ID: 25790

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd (HBF)

Whilst Strategic Housing Market Assessments (SHMA) can provide a broad snapshot in time of what is needed across an LPA or HMA they do not provide a definitive picture as to the demand for different types of homes in specific locations. It should be left for developers to supply the homes they consider are necessary to meet demand.

Therefore, suggest that the policy requires applications for housing development to have regard to the evidence on housing mix but that the final mix is left to agreement between the applicant and developer on a site by site basis to establish flexibility.

Object

Representation ID: 25792

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd (HBF)

It is important that the Council revisit the self-build evidence to test whether those individuals currently on the list are still interested in a plot on which to build their own home. This has been the case at the EIP for both the Hart and Runnymede Local Plans.

This is to test whether those currently on the list are still interested in a plot. This has been the case at the EIP for both the Hart and Runnymede Local Plans. Our concern is that Council are over-estimating the number of households wanting to build and this will leave plots vacant.

Object

Representation ID: 25845

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Ravenswood Environmental Group

Where the Council wants to ... it is asking to deliver 100% affordable housing on its sites but it is not providing any clarity as to where these sites are. This approach is contrary to the government's objectives to provide mixed and balanced communities. Large scale affordable housing schemes are generally regarded as problematic in social and economic terms which is why development is normally promoted to have a mix of tenures and types of homes to meet the requirements of the whole community.

Support

Representation ID: 25880

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Associated British Ports

ABP welcomes IBC's policy on housing type and tenure mix and the recognition of potential exceptions to these requirements in response, for example, to viability constraints. ABP also welcomes the desire of IBC to secure high density development on central sites (para 8.112) which will also assist viability.

Object

Representation ID: 26059

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: On behalf of Telereal Trillium Ltd

Telereal considers that an increase in the density of the Site will help IBC to realise this
policy. Telereal has considered IBC's Strategic Housing Market Assessment in proposals
to develop Areas 2 and 3 of the Site. Paragraph 61 of the NPPF states that the size, type and tenure of housing should be assessed and provided for in planning policies. The increase in the density of the Site will allow Telereal to provide IBC with a mix of house types and sizes, including a percentage of affordable housing.

Object

Representation ID: 26129

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group & West Suffolk CCG

Ipswich & East Suffolk CCG would like to raise the importance of creating essential NHS worker housing in the LP to help reduce workforce shortages in the locality.

The provision of assisted living developments and residential care homes, although a necessary feature of care provision and to be welcomed, can pose significant impacts on local primary care provision and it is important that planners and developers engage at a very early stage with the NHS, to plan and implement suitable mitigations.