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ID sylw: 108337

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Caddick Land

Asiant : Stantec

Draft Policy Direction 2 describes how one or more new settlements will be identified and considered for strategic site allocation where they can be developed to a suitable minimum size to provide the required infrastructure. 12 potential new settlement locations have been identified
which have been categorised as more or less suitable based on the work undertaken to date.

Whilst Caddick Land recognise that the provision of large scale development such as new settlements is supported through Paragraph 77 of the NPPF, part d) nonetheless requires Local Planning Authorities to make a realistic assessment of likely rates of delivery, given the lead-in times for large scale sites. Paragraph 22 similarly recognises that such developments take time to deliver and that relevant policies should accordingly be set within a vision that looks further ahead (at least 30 years), to take into account the likely timescale for delivery.

Conversely, Paragraph 72 makes clear that small and medium sized sites can make an important contribution to meeting the housing requirement of an area, are essential for Small and Medium Enterprise housebuilders to deliver new homes, and are often built-out relatively quickly.

As referred to in this Representation, it is accordingly disappointing that the Councils are deferring the consideration of smaller sites to individual ‘part-two’ plans. As mentioned previously, the deferral of these issues to a part-two plan will result in three to five years delay whilst any subsequent plan is prepared, submitted for examination and subsequently implemented.

This approach is accordingly not in the spirit of national policy.