Object

Representation ID: 26435

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: AquiGen

Agent: AquiGen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Object to criterion (a) which requires consideration of the appropriateness of scale when assessing out-of-centre retail proposals. Use of 'scale' no longer recommended by national guidance and is therefore inconsistent with the NPPF which only requires an applicant to demonstrate compliance with the Sequential Approach and Impact. As identified in paragraph 89 b), scale forms part of the consideration of Impact. Therefore, no requirement to demonstrate appropriateness of scale separate from Impact. In addition, requirement to demonstrate scale not identified by Evidence Base as a retail policy requirement based on the characteristic of the area. Recommend criterion (a) removed.