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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Napton Parish Council

Custom and Self Build Housing Plots
We largely agree with the approach laid out in the approach in the Draft Policy but strongly disagree with some important details that have been found problematic.

The policy should expect plots to be adjacent to the BUAB and avoid sites with multiple plots protruding into open countryside extending the BUAB.

‘Small-scale’ requires numerical guidance.

Caution should be applied with design codes. It is better to rely on reserved matter applications rather than assumed or blanket approval through a design code.

We welcome the policy to require effective re-marketing after 12 months, but question how enforceable this can be and when the ‘clock starts’. There appears to have been a history of plots being built speculatively under the guise of CSB and then finding their way into the open market. Best practice elsewhere should be benchmarked for precise wording.