Issues and Options for the Ipswich Local Plan Review

Comment

Representation ID: 25368

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

With a high jobs target a wide variety of employment land is needed to provide flexibility in the employment land market. The requirements of businesses vary significantly and to meet the jobs target an over provision of employment land is required. This approach was found sound in the recent local plan examination in the Borough.

Comment

Representation ID: 25369

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

The remaining areas of countryside are difficult to develop and will not deliver significant housing. The Inspector who examined the adopted Local Plan amended policy DM34 to ensure that proposals for the development of the remaining unallocated countryside around the town would be looked on favourably. Despite making this change to the plan the Inspector still concluded that there was not sufficient land within the Borough boundary to deliver significantly more than the Boroughs interim housing target of 9,777 homes to 2031.

Comment

Representation ID: 25370

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

To change land such as parks, sports pitches and allotments to housing should be resisted. As the population grows, the facilities and open space have to grow as well. Reducing the levels of facilities and open space while growing the population places strain on existing facilities. The National Planning Policy Framework emphases the importance of such facilities in section 8 "promoting health communities."

Comment

Representation ID: 25371

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

The sites allocated for employment use should be protected from residential or other uses. With a high jobs target a wide variety of employment land is needed to provide flexibility in the employment land market. The requirements of businesses vary significantly and to meet the jobs target an over provision of employment land
is required. This approach was found sound in the recent local plan examination in the Borough. The recently adopted Local Plan policy CS13 protects land in existing
allocated employment areas for employment uses. This should be continued.

Comment

Representation ID: 25372

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

The recently adopted Local plan allocated more employment land than was need to ensure choice and this approach was found sound so should continue. There are good reasons for doing this due to the variation of business types and the premises that they would need. A good supply of employment land is important to ensure that businesses have choice of premises in order to attract business to the Borough. It is a key ingredient of Ipswich's future prosperity that it sustains its aspirational employment vision and continues to provide a choice of employment opportunities for existing and potential employment businesses.