Object

Representation ID: 8449

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: House Builders Federation

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy SC3 is deemed unsound and inconsistent with national policy due to its requirement for major development to comply with Manual for Streets guidance, Building for Healthy Life, and Streets for Healthy Life. The HBF is concerned that this policy may elevate other elements of guidance to Development Plan status, and recommends changing it to "all major development should give consideration to:..."
The HBF also notes that NDSS are not required in Rutland at the moment, but suggests the Council will review it. The HBF also notes that standards can negatively impact viability, increase affordability issues, and reduce customer choice. The HBF's Annual Industry Customer Satisfaction Survey shows that 90% of new homeowners would buy a new home again and are satisfied with the internal design and layout, not suggesting issues with room size or the need for NDSS.

Object

Representation ID: 8534

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: The Society of Merchant Venturers

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The overall aspiration to secure high standards of design in the County broadly reflects the aims of the NPPF (2023). It is particularly important however that design guidance is not unnecessarily prescriptive or repetitive, in order that full consideration is given to site-specific characteristics and that flexibility of design
standards is allowed for where appropriate.

Object

Representation ID: 8551

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The draft landscape policies (Policies SC1, SC2 and SC3) are all predicated and reliant upon the findings of the “Rutland Landscape Character Assessment 2022” and the “Settlement Landscape Sensitivity Assessment 2023”.
We do not concur with the findings of these landscape studies

Object

Representation ID: 8633

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Anglian Water

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Supports Policy SC3 and recommends that part 5 includes an additional sub section d. covering water efficient design and construction and the minimisation of wastewater during
building and operational stages.