Regulation 19 Rutland Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 8164

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy SS1 sets out the proposed Spatial Strategy for Rutland and identifies that the focus for development will be the ‘Planned Limits of Development (PLDs)’ of Oakham and Uppingham and on land adjacent to Stamford.

In addition ,30 ‘small villages / hamlets including Stoke Dry are identified under subsection c of SS1 as being locations for ‘small scale redevelopment and infill opportunities only’. Two concerns are raised in respect of this proposal. This is the definition of infilling and the limit of up to five dwellings expressed under this part of the policy.

Object

Representation ID: 8165

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

1. There does not appear to include any clear guidance of how a site will be assessed / judged in terms of what is meant by “on the edge” of the settlement. That is, does the site have to directly adjoin an defined settlement boundary or will a more subjective case by case assessment be made.

2. Criterion 2. As set out in our objection to Policy SS1 it is considered that the infilling definition should be amended

3. Criterion H. Would result in little or potentially no development delivered under the scope of this policy.

Object

Representation ID: 8166

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy is not positively framed and is too restrictively worded

Support

Representation ID: 8167

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

The Estate supports the content of Policy E4 as setting out a reasonable approach to protecting rural areas whilst acknowledging that rural areas can accommodate some farm diversification and employment provision.

Support

Representation ID: 8168

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

27. The Estate supports the content of Policy E5 as setting out a reasonable approach to protecting rural areas whilst acknowledging that rural areas can accommodate some farm diversification and employment provision.

Object

Representation ID: 8169

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

General support is provided for Policy E8. However, concern is raised that it may be interpreted by Development Control Officers as precluding any development away from towns and villages when many elements of the rural area are popular and draw tourism due to their scenic locations or include activities which require a rural location.

Object

Representation ID: 8170

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The policy includes blanket resistance to all self catered holiday accommodation within the Eyebrook Reservoir Area. It is considered that certain small scale, low key, forms of accommodation, for example ‘tree houses’ and / or walkers bothy style accommodation, if well located and not visible from the shoreline should be supported within the Eyebrook area to service existing visitors and uses.

Object

Representation ID: 8171

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Stoke Dry Estate

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy E11 includes blanket resistance to any “Caravans, Camping, Lodges, Log Cabins, Chalets and other similar forms of self-serviced holiday accommodation” within the defined reservoir area.

It is considered that certain small scale, low key, forms of accommodation, for example ‘tree houses’ and / or walkers bothy style accommodation, if well located and not visible from the shoreline should be supported within the Eyebrook area to service existing visitors and uses