Draft Core Strategy and Policies Focused Review

Object

Representation ID: 382

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Merchant Projects (Ipswich)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Considered that affordable housing targets (CS12) should have been reviewed along with other matters that it is felt do not conform with the NPPF and Regulation 122 of the CIL Regulations 2010.

Object

Representation ID: 383

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Merchant Projects (Ipswich)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Northern Fringe should be the bedrock of the spatial strategy and appears more important in its ability to deliver housing during the planning period than any other policies, it is felt that the wording of the Core Strategy should be altered to reflect this; it is incumbent upon IBC to recognise its critical contribution to the future growth of Ipswich.

Object

Representation ID: 384

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Merchant Projects (Ipswich)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

A fully up to date assessment of housing need is required, not based on an up-dated version of 2008 figures. Recent changes in the housing market need to be taken into account and the Council needs to demonstrate how it will meet this need as the NPPF set out clear tests for this.

Comment

Representation ID: 385

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Merchant Projects (Ipswich)

It is considered that the Duty to Co-operate in the NPPF establishes a more stringent test of the co-working of local authorities than is evidenced in the review. It appears that Mid-Suffolk and Babergh districts have difficulty fulfilling their own housing need and a strong relationship is required to deliver the houses required. There should be an audit trail of co-operation in order to assess the housing strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 386

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Merchant Projects (Ipswich)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The relationship of CIL and Core Strategy policies will be adversely affected by unrealistic aspirational policies that affect the cost of development; government guidance is that development should not be fettered by unreasonable financial burdens. In development terms it is premature to establish arbitrary target thresholds in the absence of full viability assessments which can only be considered once an application is submitted for determination.