Opportunity Area C – Mint Quarter and surrounding area
Support
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26237
Received: 24/02/2020
Respondent: Theatres Trust
As articulated at the previous stage we are supportive of these plans and of enhanced linkages to the Regent Theatre. We consider this to meet the tests of soundness.
N/A
Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26549
Received: 02/03/2020
Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The ‘Development Principles’ for Mint Quarter (Opportunity Area C) set out that development should ‘respect and enhance setting of Listed and historic buildings’. This is not considered to wholly comply with the NPPF p.197 which requires an assessment of the asset’s significance (with regard to non-designated assets), and a balanced judgement to be made thereafter. NPPF p.184 dictates that assets ‘should be conserved in a manner appropriate to their significance’, which does not necessarily equate to ‘enhancement’ in every scenario. The terminology ‘historic building’ is also not robust or consistent with the NPPF.
We propose that the wording be amended to reflect the requirements in the NPPF, and the distinction between designated and non-designated assets.