Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review - Final Draft

Object

Representation ID: 26306

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Part (c) of the policy as drafted would not be effective as there is no practical means for ensuring an average of 35 dph across multiple sites, and no justification for stipulating 35 dph on any particular individual site, and no justification for "low-density development" per se.

Object

Representation ID: 26307

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Whilst no objections are raised in respect of the majority of the provisions of this policy, we are concerned that a requirement that all new development should have access to public transport within 400m is neither justified (in terms of its being a fixed requirement) nor likely to mean that the Plan is effective overall in delivering the number of new homes required, because there are some locations where a strict adherence to 400m is unlikely to be achievable.

Object

Representation ID: 26308

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The policy needs to be clear that new development should meet the needs arising from that development, having regard to the Council’s standards, and should not be required to remedy existing deficits.

Object

Representation ID: 26309

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The secondary school site at the Ipswich Garden Suburb should be referenced in the same way as primary school sites i.e. as a broad location (or, as per our representations to the Policies Map, all allocations within the IGS should be removed).

Object

Representation ID: 26330

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Mersea Homes Ltd are broadly supportive of Policy CS10 and its various provisions, but in order to ensure effective delivery, there are three aspects of the policy that are considered to be unsound, as follows:
1. Elements of the detailed wording of the policy in relation to site specific matters and the role of the SPD, which relate to Effectiveness;
2. The Affordable Housing provisions, which relate to soundness issues in respect of the justification and the effectiveness of the Policy;
3. The wording of the Policy in respect of viability review provisions.