Regulation 18 draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 4981

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH's response to Policies SS1 and H1 highlight that the spatial strategy should be refined to strengthen the plan's robustness. Given the need to support the County’s rural communities and address the existing affordability issues, the overall housing requirement should be at least 3,905 dwellings. Therefore, additional allocation sites should be identified, particularly within the larger villages to support their ongoing vitality. WDH's site at Land North of Mill Lane, Cottesmore (Reserve Site H1.a) is a suitable development site in the most sustainable 'larger village' settlement, and should therefore be allocated for development in this plan period.

Support

Representation ID: 4982

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH welcomes the reference to the delivery of “a wide range of high-quality housing to meet the County’s minimum housing need and which meets the needs of all sections of the community.” As set out in response to Policies SS1 and H1, RCC must identify additional housing allocations to ensure that the County's needs are fully met, with an appropriate buffer. Principally, that should be focused on the larger villages such as Cottesmore, which play a critical role in delivering the services and facilities that support the residents both of the villages themselves and the wider rural hinterland.

Object

Representation ID: 4983

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH suggests that Policies CC2 and CC4 are removed, and that the RLP takes a more flexible approach to requiring developments to meet national sustainability standards; which would future proof the policy.

Object

Representation ID: 4984

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

The requirements of Policy CC6 are particularly specific in some regards, for example in requiring outside hard surfacing to be permeable unless there are technical and unavoidable reasons for not doing so in certain areas, and in requiring all flat roofs to be green roofs unless they are being used for photovoltaic or thermal solar panels.

It is suggested that the wording within this policy is softened somewhat to encourage the use of such measures where technically feasible, appropriate to the local context, and viable.

Object

Representation ID: 4985

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH's response to Policies SS1 and H1 highlight that the spatial strategy should be refined to strengthen the plan's robustness. Given the need to support the County’s rural communities and address the existing affordability issues, the overall housing requirement should be at least 3,905 dwellings. Therefore, additional allocation sites should be identified, particularly within the larger villages to support their ongoing vitality. WDH's site at Land North of Mill Lane, Cottesmore (Reserve Site H1.a) is a suitable development site in the most sustainable 'larger village' settlement, and should therefore be allocated for development in this plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 4986

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

Policy SS2 simply repeats the provisions of the NPPF, which is contrary to the Government’s guidance in relation to plan making. The policy should, therefore, be deleted.

Object

Representation ID: 4987

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH's response to Policies SS1 and H1 highlight that the spatial strategy should be refined to strengthen the plan's robustness. Given the need to support the County’s rural communities and address the existing affordability issues, the overall housing requirement should be at least 3,905 dwellings. Therefore, additional allocation sites should be identified, particularly within the larger villages to support their ongoing vitality. WDH's site at Land North of Mill Lane, Cottesmore (Reserve Site H1.a) is a suitable development site in the most sustainable 'larger village' settlement, and should therefore be allocated for development in this plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 4988

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

It is unclear what status this policy will give to the St George’s Barracks Opportunity Area and how / when RCC envisages that the site will come forward, although the approach to not include it in Policy H1 as a proposed allocation is welcomed. In that regard, WDH query how the position in relation to the deliverability of this site has altered since the previous RLP was ultimately withdrawn due to fundamental questions specifically in that regard.

Object

Representation ID: 4990

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH's response to Policies SS1 and H1 highlight that the spatial strategy should be refined to strengthen the plan's robustness. Given the need to support the County’s rural communities and address the existing affordability issues, the overall housing requirement should be at least 3,905 dwellings. Therefore, additional allocation sites should be identified, particularly within the larger villages to support their ongoing vitality. WDH's site at Land North of Mill Lane, Cottesmore (Reserve Site H1.a) is a suitable development site in the most sustainable 'larger village' settlement, and should therefore be allocated for development in this plan period.

Support

Representation ID: 4991

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

As set out in response to Policies SS1 and SS3, RCC should allocate the most suitable of the reserve sites within the larger settlements that have been identified in the LPPO. That includes Land North of Mill Lane, Cottesmore (Reserve Site H1.a), which is a suitable development site in the most sustainable larger village settlement, as reflected in RCC’s proposal to reserve the site for future development. WDH would appreciate the opportunity to work with RCC to discuss the opportunities for the residential development of the site in the forthcoming plan period to address the need for additional housing.