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Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 102036
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Barwood Land
Asiant : Savills (UK) Ltd
Our clients consider the emerging policy approach to be unsound - it is plainly not consistent with national policy as the requirements of the policy are not expressed as a percentage uplift from the TER as now required by the WMS.
The next logical question that follows is whether, in light of the WMS, there is merit in including a policy in the SWLP or instead relying upon Building Regulations. For the reasons set out above, our clients consider that there are good reasons to delete draft Policy DPD22 rather than modify it. The SWLP can then focus on ensuring development is directed towards sustainable locations (a matter covered in more detail elsewhere in our representations) and leave the Building Regulations regime to control the detailed standards for building fabric and energy generation. Such an approach would be entirely consistent with the Government’s expectation for the plan-making process.