Policy SP5 – Land Allocated for Employment Use
Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26336
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: Ravenswood Environmental Group
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The Ravenswood employment sites should be planned so as to mitigate traffic impacts and be masterplanned with residential development
The whole area should be masterplanned so that environmental impacts are considered.
Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26339
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: Ravenswood Environmental Group
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The plan is proposes site IP152 and site IP150c for a total of 30,000 sqm of business and industry and sui generis uses. There is absolutely no justification for this significant development and no explanation of how it will relate to site IP150b and IP150e when traffic, air quality, noise, heritage and ecological constraints must be resolved comprehensively. The plan does nothing to justify or mitigate its impacts and does not insist upon a new major access to this development area. It merely implies that impacts need to be looked at. Masterplanning and EIA must be insisted upon
Rewrite the plan to provide a criteria based policy which only proposes development upon evidence that the impacts can be mitigated on a comprehensive basis
Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26437
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: AquiGen
Agent: AquiGen
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Land allocated in Table 3 (28.34ha) is significantly in excess of calculated requirement from Evidence Base (23.2ha). The 5.14ha difference equates to 18% of the requirement. Such over provision can only be justified where there are clear reasons for a land supply buffer. No such evidence has been presented in the Plan or Evidence Base. Appropriate to consider reducing the land allocation to reflect actual need. Of the land allocated in Table 3, circa 24ha has been identified as being suitable for industrial uses. This is in significant excess of the 9ha need calculated by the Employment Land Needs Assessment.
Review land allocations in SP5 and change so they better reflect the actual need calculated in the Evidence Base.