Draft Core Strategy and Policies Focused Review

Object

Representation ID: 133

Received: 06/03/2014

Respondent: Kesgrave Covenant Ltd

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

8.86 asserts that options for supply within the Borough are limited, but there is no assessment of available land within the Borough to meet housing need. Before reliance is placed on meeting needs in neighbouring areas, the Council should seek to allocate additional land on suitable SHLAA sites within the Borough boundary.
Table 3: inclusion of 1,972 units to be delivered in the form of 'residual need later in the plan period' is contrary to NPPF requirement for plans to identify specific sites/broad locations for years 11-15 of the Plan period. The plan places too much reliance on windfall.

Object

Representation ID: 135

Received: 06/03/2014

Respondent: Kesgrave Covenant Ltd

Agent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy CS16: no objection to the general objectives of this policy, but query the rationale for the 'green rim' CS16(g). Policy DM33 of the Site Allocations Plan also provides no rationale. No objection to the green rim, but its rationale and purpose need to be made clear, and it needs to be recognised that its extent may vary as a result of the need to accommodate a further 2000 homes not so far allocated. Since the stated objective is to achieve public access to the green rim, additional development on the fringe of Ipswich could contribute to that aim.