Policy SP4 – Opportunity Sites
Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26423
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: Gladman Developments
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
None of these sites are deliverable or viable. Site IP226 has a non-implemented application for 556 homes, been allocated but not achieved housing completions over the last 20 years, requires business relocation and lies within Flood Zone 3. Given the site’s history and constraints, residential development cannot be assumed as suitable or viable. The evidence suggests that the Council’s current and continued strategy for delivering homes is flawed. The Council by removing sites from the Local Plan submission draft version have significant concerns over site viability and deliverability, and must look to identify significantly more sites outside the Borough’s boundary.
Therefore, the Council must look to identify significantly more sites, which are realistically deliverable and outside of the Borough’s boundary to meet Ipswich housing needs.