Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal - Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies DPD

Object

Representation ID: 5499

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Alternatives other than 'do nothing' should be considered, for example co-operating more closely with other local authorities and locating new homes nearer to new sites of employment. The SA does not recognise that delivery of the entire Garden Suburb may not be viable. A jobs led strategy should be considered as an alternative. The alternative of delivering jobs and homes outside of the Borough also needs to be considered, including on the Sugar Beet Factory site. Lack of sustainability may be a reason to not meet housing needs within the Borough.

Object

Representation ID: 5500

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA does not take account of the cumulative effects of Core Strategies in neighbouring authority areas regarding housing, employment, traffic/transport and air quality. There is no evidence of any strategic policy outcomes from the Ipswich Policy Area. The jobs targets of the four local authority areas within the Ipswich Policy Area are 26% higher than the total January 2015 EEFM forecast and there is a risk that the jobs targets are unrealistic.

Object

Representation ID: 5501

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Joint evidence base documents for the Ipswich Policy Area have not been made available. Jobs targets for the four Ipswich Policy Area authorities are 26% higher than the January 2015 EEFM forecasts and are therefore at risk of being unrealistic. Evidence needs to be provided that the jobs targets will provide sustainability benefits and that the Core Strategies of neighbouring authorities take account of the need to deliver 4,000 extra homes and that the sustainability effects have been assessed. If the jobs target is sustainable why do jobs and homes need to be provided in other authority areas.

Object

Representation ID: 5502

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5503

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA does not take account of lack of capacity for sewage treatment or the waste water issues arising from the expansion of Ipswich. The key waste water infrastructure needed should be specified in the Core Strategy. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5504

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

DM10 needs to state that 'important hedgerows' will be protected. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5505

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Pleased that the SA recommends updated traffic modelling. The SA does not adequately consider the effects of multiple starts from the Garden Suburb, the outputs of Suffolk County Council feasibility work into solutions for the road network around the Garden Suburb, the views of the highway authority that sustainable transport measures have not been adequately identified in the current planning application, congestion and capacity issues and the conclusions of the transport assessment.

Object

Representation ID: 5506

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA needs to take account of cumulative impacts of traffic from development in neighbouring authority areas. It needs to recognise that the employment target relates to the Ipswich Policy Area. The SA underestimates the effects of commuting to new employment sites. The traffic modelling needs to be updated.

Object

Representation ID: 5507

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5508

Received: 03/03/2015

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA incorrectly states that the Core Strategy makes specific provision for the protection of European sites that mirrors the Habitats Directive as it fails to secure timely delivery of the Country Park to mitigate effects of new development. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.