Object

Representation ID: 8465

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Promoting land at the rear of Hilltop Cottage, Essendine Road, Ryhall (RYH10) for 23 dwellings.
Out of the twenty-one Larger Villages there are only three sites allocated for residential development in
three villages for the duration of the plan period. Ryhall is a sustainable location for an additional allocation, being near to and with good transport links to the main settlements of the District for employment and services and having a range of its own services.
The sole plan allocation in the village will not provide enough affordable homes to meet needs.

Object

Representation ID: 8466

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Duplicate of 8465, promoting a further allocation of land at the rear of Hilltop Cottage, Essendine Road, Ryhall

Object

Representation ID: 8493

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Allison Homes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Support Policy H1 and H1.2 allocation of Quarry Farm, and confirm it is available and deliverable now.
Seek 20% buffer on the housing requirement (and for the Uppingham area) because it is low and there may be unforseen delays to development of sites.
Promoting land off Ayston Road, Uppingham, which benefits from a draft allocation for 78 dwellings, making it deliverable for the required numbers during the plan period.
The latest version of the Uppingham Neighbourhood Plan, as considered at the April 2024 hearing, plans for the delivery of 330 homes (minimum). As such, the proposed housing supply for Uppingham (314) should be either increased or specified as a minimum figure.

Object

Representation ID: 8525

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: The Society of Merchant Venturers

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Promoting land at Stamford Road Oakham.
Notes that the Local Plan should fully facilitate and support the delivery of identified sites to help meet
local needs, and acknowledge that an early review may also be required.
The overall approach to identifying sites for residential development is supported.
The inclusion of a 10% flexibility allowance is supported.
The proposed allocation of land south of Stamford Road, Oakham is supported.
The wording of policy H1 re: density needs clarifying.

Object

Representation ID: 8547

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

This plan is "to avoid having to meet higher housing targets", rather than seeking to meet its own housing needs. The need identified in the plan is 110% lower than the new standard method need.
The strategy and sites/allocations will not meet the real aims and objectives of this Local Plan, and the recognised needs of its local residents and local economy, as only a third of the new housing is in Oakham and most of that is unplanned.
Policy H1 (and its accompanying table) also highlights a significant mismatch between the lack of
provision to meet identified housing needs, particularly for affordable housing, as many of the smaller sites the plan relies on do not have an affordable housing requirement, and the plan target for affordable housing (40dpa) is below the identified need (78dpa).
The housing trajectory should delete all references to future opportunity areas, because they are being advanced without consideration of reasonable alternatives.

Object

Representation ID: 8564

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Avant Homes

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Land at Ashwell Road, Oakham has the potential to provide a logical extension to Oakham and can provide a sustainable development capable of addressing local housing needs.
The Council must adopt a figure in excess of the Standard Method/LHN on the basis that it has historically delivered materially in excess of it. There is no evidence of any consideration of an upward adjustment, so is unsound as it stands.
A simple 10% buffer in this case is ineffective, not positively prepared nor justified.

Object

Representation ID: 8568

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Jeakins Weir

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Two sites are promoted for development - land east of Uppingham Road, Oakham (OAK02) and land at Seaton Road, Glaston (GLA01).
There is a need for more housing than the standard method housing need calculation generates, taking account of previous higher housing delivery, the HMA findings that 'a range of different projections typically (but not universally) pointing to a higher figure' and that affordable housing completions have been below target. The housing requirement does not reflect the evidence base and cannot be justified.
The sustainability appraisal has not thoroughly tested all reasonable options across all the growth scenarios.
Site OAK02 was screened out at Stage 2a because of a priority habitat (woodland) and impact on a heritage asset, but these could have been mitigated through a design led approach. A concept plan is appended to show how the heritage constraint can be responded to positively.
Part of the site GLA01 is a previously developed and it is within the planned limits to development (PLD).
Part of site The site was screened out because of the presence of a biodiversity habitat and landscape impact.

Object

Representation ID: 8574

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Davidsons Development Ltd

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Promoting land west of Ashwell Road, Whissendine for housing to address local housing needs, in accordance with the spatial strategy. Davidsons Development have an interest and the site is deliverable.
An uplift of the local housing need is necessary, because of past housing delivery is higher than the proposed annual need, and even at those higher levels, the affordable housing delivery has fallen short of the adopted plan targets. Also, the Council's housing market assessment says 'a range of different projections typically (but not universally) pointing to a higher figure' (than the Standard Method generates).
The 10% buffer to provide flexibility of supply is insufficient because some of the sites are not deliverable as anticipated.
The plan is over reliant on Stamford North, and should refocus on Oakham and the larger villages.
The sustainability appraisal has not considered reasonable alternatives.
Regarding the site assessment for the land (WHI13), the assessment report does not align with the site assessment findings for highways and landscape impact, and both can be mitigated. Greenfield land should not be rated red, as not all brownfield land is preferable for development.

Object

Representation ID: 8597

Received: 01/12/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes

Agent: Barmach Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The site was included as an allocation in the abandoned Local Plan and it is unclear why it is not
included in this Plan, as there are no constraints to development. It has in principle support from the Parish Council.

Object

Representation ID: 8599

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes

Agent: Barmach Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Land at 1 Luffenham Road, Barrowden should be allocated for residential development. A plan of the site is provided.

Object

Representation ID: 8643

Received: 01/12/2024

Respondent: CPRE Rutland

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

More than half of new housing is allocated to the Stamford North development. This development has clear dependencies on South Kesteven District Council, which must carry some degree of risk, and is not fully justified.
The allowance for windfalls is unrealistically small, given previous rates of development in small villages/hamlets.
The plan needs to align its policy in respect of Uppingham Gate with the policies in the Uppingham Neighbourhood Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 8684

Received: 30/11/2024

Respondent: Clipsham Parish Meeting

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Table 3 of Policy H1: consider that relying upon the proposed development of Stamford North to provide for over one half of the total residual housing requirement in Rutland up to 2041, carries some risks. Also, there is nothing in the plan to limit the number of dwellings coming forward in the small villages/hamlets.

Object

Representation ID: 8700

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)

Number of people: 2

Agent: Montagu Evans on behalf of Secretary of State for Defence

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Object to the exclusion of St George’s Barracks, which represents an opportunity larger than any other site contained on the Council’s current brownfield land register. A potential strategic land use plan is provided. Substantial weight should be afforded to brownfield land.

Support

Representation ID: 8722

Received: 24/12/2024

Respondent: National Highways

National Highways has raised specific interest in understanding the cumulative impacts of planned growth within the area, particularly regarding traffic generation and associated pressures on the A1 trunk road. Additionally, the future opportunity areas have the potential to generate a significant number of trips on the SRN.
Therefore, we await a detailed assessment to understand the impacts of this growth on the SRN and welcome further engagement with the Rutland County Council to develop a strategic approach for any necessary mitigation on the SRN to support the planned growth.