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ID sylw: 108060

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Seven Homes

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Planning for new settlements is supported by Paragraph 77 of the NPPF. However, Paragraph 22 stipulates that the vision in such cases should look at least 30 years ahead. The Plan period would therefore need to be revised if a new settlement is pursued. New settlements have a long lead-in. It is critical for sufficient sites to be allocated across the Strategic Growth Locations, forming most of the housing supply. This aligns with Paragraph 61 of the NPPF.

The SA assesses the potential new settlement locations. They would all make a major positive contribution to housing (SA Objective 9), All options will generally result in minor adverse to major adverse impacts across most of the other SA objectives. The Emerging Spatial Growth Strategy Topic Paper recognises new settlements will have a harmful impact due to the amount of land they would occupy in existing countryside locations. The SA suggests that the Strategic Growth Locations are generally more sustainable, in terms of having lesser adverse impacts on SA Objectives. However, this is only a high-level exercise which has not taken potential mitigation into account. This could include ecological and landscape enhancements which would give rise to major positive impacts. As with the Strategic Growth Locations, the positive impacts on transport and accessibility (SA Objective 11) and, as a result, Climate Change (SA Objective 1) have not been recognised.