Testun llawn:
Deeley Group object to Policies Map 8, as the settlement envelope boundary does not accurately reflect the extent of the village and ignores recent planning permissions and existing buildings. Specifically, it should be redrawn to include the recently approved Free School located off Bosworth Close, as well as the neighbouring church hall.
Deeley Group also object to Policies Map 8 on the grounds that it should include the Deeley Group site at Friends Close (as referenced in the objection to Policy DS11). The site should be identified for housing and included within the settlement envelope boundary. The combination of the southern boundary of this site, the church meeting hall and the school would form a new logical and defensible long term boundary for the Green Belt.
Deeley Group consider that the settlement boundary is currently too tightly drawn and does not provide for a long term clear and defensible boundary to the Green Belt around the village. As such the Map is not positively prepared and does not take into account NPPF requirements that new Green Belt boundaries should be drawn having regard to their intended permanence in the long term, to ensure that they are capable of enduring beyond the plan period.
Paragraph 85 of NPPF requires that:
When defining boundaries, local planning authorities should:
* ensure consistency with the Local Plan strategy for meeting identified requirements for sustainable development;
* not include land which it is unnecessary to keep permanently open;
* where necessary, identify in their plans areas of 'safeguarded land' between the urban area and the Green Belt, in order to meet longer-term development needs stretching well beyond the plan period;
* make clear that the safeguarded land is not allocated for development at the present time. Planning permission for the permanent development of safeguarded land should only be granted following a Local Plan review which proposes the development;
* satisfy themselves that Green Belt boundaries will not need to be altered at the end of the development plan period; and
* define boundaries clearly, using physical features that are readily recognisable and likely to be permanent.
In circumstances where the plan already acknowledges that Green Belt boundaries need to be reviewed, and furthermore that it is already known the plan may need an early review to provide for some of the housing needs of neighbouring authorities, it is clear that the circumstances require proper consideration of the permanence of the proposed new Green Belt boundaries.