Regulation 18 draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 7464

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Cottesmore Parish Council

problems occur around the enforcement of quarrying operations - this is twofold, requiring both having clear and unambiguous conditions designed to be enforceable, including such conditions as operators paying for more frequent inspections throughout the active life of the quarry. It is obvious that if there are not sufficient resources available to do this, either because of costs or shortage of expertise, then uncontrolled quarrying will have massive impact on both public health and amenity.

Noted.

Object

Representation ID: 7467

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Cottesmore Parish Council

There is not enough attention in this chapter to the importance of infrastructure in delivering the aims of the Local Plan, attention needs to be paid to the way existing infrastructure works and as a consequence whether there should be more fundamental improvements, across Rutland, to those needed to support new development. To some extent the Reg.18 Plan acknowledges this, by identifying that an Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) is also in preparation. However, it is not clear what the status of the IDP is. Is the intention that it will be part of the eventual adopted Local Plan? If so, how is it to be incorporated and, if not, how will its relationship to the Plan be established and will it be subject to some form of public consultation? Assuming the IDP does what is suggested, what then are the mechanisms that will be used to enable Development Control to take account of its objectives? The IDP will just be an aspirational document, unless it has real teeth and surely it is only the Local Plan process that can achieve that.

Comment Noted. The Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) will form part of the updated evidence base supporting the Regulation 19 Local Plan. The requirements set out in the IDP will also be taken into consideration in the updated Whole Plan Viability Assessment. Both the IDP and Whole Plan Viability Assessments will form part of the R19 local plan consultation.

Support

Representation ID: 7469

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Cottesmore Parish Council

broad support to its aspirations and objectives.
CPC welcomes the emphasis on securing more sustainable transport, as set out in Policy INF2, by seeking to minimise distance people need to travel (clause (c)), and in seeking mitigating transport measures to encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking in new development proposals (clause (d)).

Support Noted.

Support

Representation ID: 7471

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Cottesmore Parish Council

Support the aspirations and the approach to new development set out in Policy INF3. However we would strongly object to this if it were to be as far as it goes. We would like much more emphasis on seeking to address the problems that exist for pedestrians and cyclists in many localities across Rutland.
We would like to see Policy INF3 strengthened to demand the identification and use of more creative approaches to the control of road traffic, to focus far more on the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. It should set out challenges to the conventional interpretation of some highway regulations, particularly around traffic and speed signing. Otherwise the aspirations that underpin sustainable transport and travel policies will remain as just that – aspirations without delivering any significant changes or improvements.

Noted. The issues raised are covered outwith the Local Plan under : Moving Rutland Forward (Local Transport Plan (4) for the County (2019-36) sets out a vision to deliver a transport network and services that (a) facilitates delivery of sustainable population and economic growth; (b) meet the needs of our most vulnerable residents; and (c) supports a high level of health and wellbeing (including combating rural isolation). Full details of proposed walking and cycling network enhancements are set out in the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) prepared in August 2023. The Council also commits through the strategic objectives for the LTP4 to make our roads safer by implementing a safe systems approach to road safety and adopting ‘vision zero’ – through which we will strive to continually reduce the number of deaths and injuries on our County’s roads.