Publication Draft

Support

Representation ID: 658

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

We agree with the Preferred Vision for Warwick District. Targeting of individual sites for rural exception housing should also be developed within the Core Strategy

Support

Representation ID: 659

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

We agree with the Preferred Growth Strategy for Warwick District. Targeting of individual sites for rural exception housing should also be developed within the Core Strategy

Object

Representation ID: 660

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

Strategic Objective 6 should be amended to include reference to meeting current and future housing and care needs, as the provision of specialist housing and care facilities will work towards a number of these objectives. A variety of options may include support for people wishing to continue living within their own home, extra care housing, sheltered housing, residential care homes and continuing care retirement communities. Recognition of the contribution these make to each of the headings in this section is particularly important given the high proportion of 'older people' in the District and the projected increase in this particular group.

Object

Representation ID: 743

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

Paragraph 9.8 is not supported as these go against PPS3 advice in paragraph 30.
The Council should, therefore, go further than encouraging Parish Councils to carry out research, and seek to include within the Core Strategy and evidence base information regarding local needs. In doing so, evidence would point to those areas of greatest need and allow the Council to set out a robust policy on rural exceptions sites to allow for 100% affordable housing provision. This would strengthen the Core Strategy and further assert the Council's commitment to contributing to the vitality of rural communities through affordable housing provision.

Object

Representation ID: 744

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

It is considered inappropriate to set limitations on the scale of development that may be permitted in rural areas as this approach is unnecessarily negative. The Council should instead seek to implement positive, practical policies that encourage affordable housing development that is proportional in scale and nature to identified needs and the character and scale of the rural area to which it relates.
The conflict apparent within paragraph 9.11 should indicate that residential development should not be unnecessarily restricted through an arbitrary measure but instead be assessed against local need on a case by case basis.

Object

Representation ID: 745

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

We do not agree that all reasonable options have been identified as it is considered highly important that the Core Strategy set out encouraging policies relating to provision of housing and care facilities to meet the needs of current and future older persons living within the District. As per our earlier comments, it would be appropriate for this section of the Strategy to link in with that on housing to demonstrate the clear links between housing provision, health and social well being.

Support

Representation ID: 746

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

We support the Preferred Options for the Mix of New Housing as this recognises the need to actively plan for a range of housing needs and to adopt a flexible approach to this. We consider it appropriate for the Core Strategy to assess and negotiate housing mix, type and tenure on a site-by-site basis in relation to identified housing needs except on strategic sites where it may be possible to more rigidly define such provision.

Object

Representation ID: 747

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

It is important that the Council do not rely on Local Plan policy (as indicated at paragraph 10.33) but re-evaluate policy previously adopted to ensure that the evidence base is up to date and policy therefore based on current circumstances. Given the present economic situation it is important that an evaluation of viability is carried out in line with PPS3 guidance to ensure that any target thresholds are not onerous and allow for negotiation and it is therefore strongly recommended that any thresholds are clearly supported by evidence.

Comment

Representation ID: 748

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

Should the Council see fit to adopt a policy on residential development densities (as suggested in paragraph 10.40) it is important that this is flexible and allows for site specific negotiation with applicants.

Comment

Representation ID: 749

Received: 06/08/2009

Respondent: West Midlands RSL Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

PPS3 clearly states that allowance should not be made for windfall within the first 10 years of housing land supply "unless Local Planning Authorities can provide robust evidence of genuine local circumstances that prevent specific sites being identified." (paragraph 59). We therefore strongly recommend that the Council actively seek to identify greenfield sites where development should be located to meet housing requirements, as already demonstrated in the Preferred Growth Strategy.