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Support

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 25688

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Anglian Water

Representation Summary:

Anglian Water supports the inclusion of the optional higher water efficiency standard in the Local Plan Review. We also support the cross reference to the requirements of Policy DM4 relating to the provision of SuDS and water efficiency measures.

Full text:

Anglian Water fully supports Policy DM1 as it states that all new residential development in the District should achieve the optional technical standard in terms of water efficiency of 110 litres/person/day. The Environment Agency has identified the Anglian Water region as an area of serious water stress, and we therefore support the adoption of the higher standard of water efficiency.

Government research (The Housing Standards Review Cost Impact report, 2014) has shown that the cost of the optional higher water efficiency standard and associated cost can be as low as £6-9 per dwelling. The optional higher water efficiency standard has also been successfully adopted in a number of local plans in Anglian Water company area.

We therefore consider that this does not make the Ipswich Borough Local Plan, or individual development proposals, unviable.

Based upon this evidence and the advice note circulated by Anglian Water and the Environment Agency we consider that the inclusion of the optional higher water efficiency standard is justified.

Similarly we fully support the cross reference to the requirements of Policy DM4 in relation to the provision of Sustainable Drainage Systems and water efficiency measures.

Support

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 25941

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Representation Summary:

We welcome the inclusion of policy DM1 - Sustainable Construction. We fully support paragraph 9.1.5 which states the East Anglian area is identified as an area of severe water stress and that lowering water demand is identified as one of a range of measures to balance supply and demand in the Anglian Water Resources Management Plan 2015. We are pleased to see inclusion of requiring residential development being required to meet water efficiency standards of 110 litres of water per person per day.

Object

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 25942

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Representation Summary:

DM1 - Sustainable Construction. The policy should further make clear that the use of infiltration SuDS, may not be suitable at some sites where contamination is present. Alternative SuDS features should be used in those circumstances.

Object

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 26009

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Suffolk County Council

Representation Summary:

DM1 should be amended for clarity, as follows.
"Surface water should be managed as close to its source as possible. This will mean the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage systems, including measures such as soakaways, permeable paving and green roofs. green or blue roofs, soakaways and permeable paving."

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Object

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 26049

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Historic England

Representation Summary:

Should clarify whether new development includes extensions to historic buildings.

Helpful if supporting text states that when considering sustainable construction and heritage assets that care should be taken to consider both the planning and building regulation implications of proposed interventions in a building. Note that some heritage assets are exempted from compliance requirement with energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations where compliance would unacceptably alter their character and appearance and that there are special considerations for others such as those of a traditional construction method which will perform differently.

However, many heritage assets draw on locally sourced building materials.

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Object

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 26074

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: CBRE

Agent: Mr Arwel Owen

Representation Summary:

Policy DM1 remains onerous and fails to adhere to the requirements of paragraph 16(b) of the NPPF (2019) - it is demonstrably not deliverable in a viability sense. The expectation of green and/or blue roofs is not justified and does not appear to have been subject to viability testing.

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Object

Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 26082

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mr Arwel Owen

Representation Summary:

Policy DM1 remains onerous and fails to adhere to the requirements of paragraph 16(b) of the NPPF (2019) - it is demonstrably not deliverable in a viability sense. The expectation of green and/or blue roofs is not justified and does not appear to have been subject to viability testing.

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