Draft Core Strategy and Policies Focused Review

Object

Representation ID: 186

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Planning Potential Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Council should acknowledge para. 21 of the NPPF and in particular bullet point 3, which states 'Policies should be flexible enough to accommodate needs not anticipated in the plan and to allow a rapid response to changes in economic circumstances.' The Consequence of this is that sites perhaps not envisaged at the plan making stage can suddenly become available whilst existing facilities may need to rapidly adapt at short notice. If planning policy is not sufficiently flexible, this can lead to unnecessary inertia, restricting development delivery and job creation.

Object

Representation ID: 187

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Planning Potential Limited

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The 200sqm threshold is too restrictive, especially in respect of the potential requirement for an impact assessment. The NPPF sets a default threshold of 2,500sqm, which is considered to better reflect retail proposals that would potentially require investigation of impact.