Preferred Options

Object

Representation ID: 49983

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

Objects to site North of Milverton. The Plan fails to demonstrate exceptional circumstances for releasing the site from the Green Belt and the development of this site, along with land east of kenilworth, will reduce the gap between Leamington Spa and Kenilworth.

Object

Representation ID: 49985

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

Objects to allocation of land at Blackdown. The Plan fails to demonstrate exceptional circumstances for releasing this site from the Green Belt and the Joint Green Belt Study suggested this site was not suitable for consideration for development.

Object

Representation ID: 49991

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The Preferred Option housing requirement of 600 homes per annum is lower than the affordable housing need and therefore the Plan will not meet the need for affordable housing. The housing requirement should be increased to 17,500 which would be in excess of the affordable housing need. If needs are not met, the poorest in society will be further marginalised.

Object

Representation ID: 49993

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The requirement for 40% affordable housing should remain flexible as this level will not be deliverable on all sites.
The Affordable Housing Viability assessment failed to take into account site remediation and the provision of infrastructure. These can impact on viability. It is important, therefore, to ensure that the policy is flexible.

Object

Representation ID: 50007

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The policy refers to meeting the needs as identified in the Strategic Housing Market Assessment. However this information is already out of date being based on 2011 information. There may be justification for a specific mix and type of housing on a specific site or in a specific location. Developers have a good understanding of the markets and will only build what there is demand for in the area.

Object

Representation ID: 50015

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The requirement for Lifetime Homes should not be a requirement in planning policy. It imposes an additional financial burden on developers and the cumulative effect of all such requirements should be fully evaluated and justified (NPPF paras 173 and 174).

Object

Representation ID: 50019

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

PO6 should not contain a requirement that all strategic sites should include an Extra Care facility. Extra Care is a particular sector of elderly persons housing scheme and cannot be prescribed in planning policy.

Object

Representation ID: 50025

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The aspirations for high quality design are supported but the reference to the principles of Garden Towns, Suburbs and Villages and the prospectus in Appendix 3 implies that this approach is now confirmed and accepted by the Council. These principles need to be the the subject of consultation with other agencies, including the Highways Authority, before a working set of guiding principles can be developed.

Object

Representation ID: 50042

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The 20% policy lacks flexibility, is not the most appropriate strategy and is not in accordance with Government guidance in NPPF paragraph 95.
Many developers are currently looking at reducing carbon emissions by using a "fabric first" approach. For example, the AimC4 consortium is seeking ways to achieve 25% CO2 reduction required between the future Part L 2013 Building Regulations and the current Part L 2010 Building regulations at no additional cost. Carbon reduction is enshrined in current and future Building Regulations and so there is no need for a further layer. In reality, the market will dictate the level of energy efficiency and carbon reduction in new homes over and above legal requirements.

Object

Representation ID: 50049

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

Objects to the replacement of Green Network with Green Wedges. there is sufficient protection of the countryside with Green Belt and nature conservation policies.