Draft Core Strategy and Policies Focused Review

Object

Representation ID: 595

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Bringing forward the Northern Fringe is critical to Ipswich's growth. It is important that the plan reads consistently. Policy DM21 should provide for two new district centres to be provided, as the centre at the Northern Fringe should also be identified.

Object

Representation ID: 596

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

CS10 defines issues which should be left to subsequent planning stages, e.g. amounts of land uses that will be delivered. This is inflexible and fails to provide for the planning application process whereby such amounts will be resolved through detailed master planning. Thresholds in Table 8B also cause concern ahead of testing through the application process. This approach has been accepted by the Borough in respect of highways and transport so should be extended to other infrastructure. It is premature to establish arbitrary targets and thresholds in the absence of any such applications.

Object

Representation ID: 601

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We do not consider that policy CS9 performs a meaningful function. It should be deleted.

Object

Representation ID: 609

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made, and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy CS16 clause a. requires that new schemes contribute to meeting existing deficits in an area. This is entirely contrary to Regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2012 and must be struck out.

Object

Representation ID: 610

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy DM1 is inconsistent with the provisions of central government sustainability policy despite the insertion of the wording in paragraph 9.4.

Object

Representation ID: 611

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy DM2 cannot require decentralised energy sources, this is entirely out of step with national planning policy, as has been made clear in paragraph 009 of the National Planning Practice Guidance.

Object

Representation ID: 612

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy DM5 appears to indicate a need to meet Building for Life criteria. If this is the case, flexibility inserted through paragraph 9.52 should be reflected in the bullet.

Object

Representation ID: 613

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy DM25 appears not to recognise the flexibilities demanded by paragraph 22 of the NPPF.

Object

Representation ID: 614

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. The change to Policy DM29 to clarify the function of incidental open space is welcomed. However, supporting Apendix 6 appears to have been changed on the basis of evidence not in the public domain. This evidence must be published as a matter of priority.

Object

Representation ID: 615

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Mersea Homes Limited

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In the light of the Inspector's approach at the Colchester focused changes examination, certain policies will need to be robustly evidenced to substantiate the changes made and the elements of the policy to which no changes have been made. Policy DM30 has been updated, although the space standards set out in paragraph 9.163 have not been reviewed.