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ID sylw: 107841

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

The approach set out in Draft Policy Direction 3, is not supported.
The emerging plan proposes several strategic scale allocations (although it does not specifically define what strategic is considered to be or identify which policies are strategic, contrary to paragraph 21 of the NPPF) and sets out in Draft Policy Direction 3 that Neighbourhood Plans will be the mechanism by which housing and employment allocations are established for smaller settlements (which is also not defined in the emerging plan).
Firstly, although the allocation of large-scale strategic sites and new settlements is supported in principle, this should be combined with the identification of medium and smaller scale sites. This would ensure there is an immediate, short-term supply upon adoption of the plan and avoid there being an overreliance on sites which typically require extensive infrastructure and complex and convoluted detailed planning permissions prior to new homes being built.
Secondly, reliance on Neighbourhood Plans to identify sites for allocation is also not considered to be a positive and/or proactive way to plan make. There is no statutory requirement for communities to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan and the emerging Local Plan does not set out a requirement at Draft Policy Direction 3 for them to be prepared. Therefore, there can be no certainty that these plans would be prepared or the timescales for which they would be prepared.
The reliance on Neighbourhood Plans is considered to be inappropriate.
the Draft Policy Direction seeks to limit small scale development to infilling and/or affordable housing to meet local needs, within or adjacent to the Built Up Urban Area Boundaries. This doesn’t take into consideration the updates to the NPPF in relation to the Grey Belt defined at Annex 2, and the exceptions for development of sites that meet the criteria established.
Land to the north east of Hampton Magna promoted by Taylor Wimpey is located within Priority Area 1, identified as a key area for strategic growth. Given the site is relatively unconstrained, it is considered to be deliverable, and could come forward quickly and early in the plan period, representing a sustainable approach to growth and addressing housing needs.