Regulation 18 draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 6997

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Cavendish Gospel Hall Trust

Agent: Andrew Beard Planning

It is noticeable that Policy SS1 spatial strategy refers only to housing and employment, so it should be made clear that new churches should not be expected solely to be within planning limits of development.

NPPF 2023 Paragraph 89. Should be clearly reflected in the policy wording or text.

Comments noted. Community facilities are adequately addressed in Policy SC6.

Object

Representation ID: 6998

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Cavendish Gospel Hall Trust

Agent: Andrew Beard Planning

Policy SS9 is not in accordance with NPPF 89, it should reflect the inclusion of community needs. This is missing and a clear error and omission. Employment is suitably referenced but community uses are not. Many PBCC churches are rural locations to serve rural congregations

Objection noted.
Policy SS9 (now SS8) 5. states that
'new employment growth comprising of sustainable rural tourism, leisure, or rural enterprises that creates local employment opportunities and supports the local economy and communities...'
Policy SS9 (now SS8) therefore takes into consideration community need and no policy change is required.

Object

Representation ID: 7689

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Cavendish Gospel Hall Trust

Agent: Andrew Beard Planning

There is no reference within SS3 to immediately adjacent sites, which should be included for non-housing services. I.E Religious Buildings

Noted. It is considered that revised policies SS3 and SS4 and policy SC5 would allow for appropriate community facilities on the immediate edge of a settlement, subject to detailed policy considerations

Object

Representation ID: 7690

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Cavendish Gospel Hall Trust

Agent: Andrew Beard Planning

Policy SC6 is supported in principle as it does not include a settlement requirement per se in line with NPPF 89, and as long as SC6 is given precedent over SS1, SS3 and SS9 then rural churches can come forward.

It is unclear what criterion c. refers to in being accessible for all members of society. If this is a disability requirement re ramps, level access etc. then it is acceptable, but it cannot be used to seek wider use beyond the protected characteristics of the religious faith concerned. Gospel services are open to the public, but the churches cannot be used for social purposes in relation to the religious status of the hall. This needs to be highlighted as
shared use is not possible for all faiths.
The reasoned justification text should include references for the need for churches for growth to be taken into account in planning applications.

Comments noted. Clarify that criterion c) refers to accessible design.

Object

Representation ID: 7691

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Cavendish Gospel Hall Trust

Agent: Andrew Beard Planning

Existing City Hall site, Ketton.

Site should be allocated within Local Plan interactive mapping as PDL employment / community use.

The interactive policy map shows the site and its immediate neighbour washed over by countryside. This is in our view devalues the significant contribution this site close to Ketton makes for community facilities and employment.

It is a mixed-use site, which should be identified to reflect the following planning principles:
1. Full and effective use of existing PDL sites. NPPF 123 – “Planning policies and decisions should promote an effective use of land in meeting the need for homes and
other uses, while safeguarding and improving the environment and ensuring safe and healthy living conditions”.
2. NPPF 97(d) – “To provide the social, recreational and cultural facilities and services the community needs, planning policies and decisions should:
(d) ensure that established shops, facilities and services are able to develop and modernise, and are retained for the benefit of the community;

The existing site should be allocated as an existing mixed use scope for its whole curtilage to allow enhancement of employment and community facilities at an existing site close to Ketton and already operating as such with established trip generation and use.

At this stage the Council is not looking to allocate this type of use in the Local Plan.