Regulation 19 Rutland Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 8233

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The programme in Appendix 1 of the LDS 2022-2025 (Jan 23) is ineffective. While the plan has reached the Reg19 stage this is at a time of significant national policy change and as such the ability and indeed logic of progressing it in its current form maybe difficult and unwise.

Support

Representation ID: 8234

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

The Vision will not support the delivery of :
• changes that improve people's quality of life,
• a strong, competitive, and knowledge-based local economy
• a range of high-quality housing that meet the County's minimum housing need

Object

Representation ID: 8235

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Strategic Objective 2: Delivering sustainable development
• The level of growth (to meet the needs of Rutland discounting the Stamford Northern Extension) is too low; is not an appropriate level of growth; is not proportionate in scale and are not directed to locations that promote sustainability in local communities. In particular the majority of rural residents are poorly served by the proposed distribution of housing and will restrict people’s access to homes which are affordable and also to jobs.

Object

Representation ID: 8236

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Strategic Objective 3: Meeting housing needs
• The plan will not meeting Rutland's identified current and future diverse housing needs. Specifically, the allocation at Stamford will not meet Rutland’s wider needs. All indicators of housing need (the HMA, past build rates, the need to support the County’s step change in the economy, and the new proposed Standard Method housing requirement) suggest that the current Standard Method figure is considerably too low.

Object

Representation ID: 8237

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Strategic Objective 4: A prosperous and resilient local economy
• The Plan does not support business investment and jobs; in particular it ignores the needs of local companies wishing to provide jobs in rural areas.

Object

Representation ID: 8238

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The approach of the Reg19 plan appears to seriously frustrate both the Government’s stated objectives and those of its own Economic Strategy by seeking to fix the housing requirement some 147 dpa below the Government objective (264 dpa – 123 = 141) for a period of 7 years (2 years to adoption and then 5 years before revision). This would result in a shortfall of almost 1,000 dwellings (141 dpa x 7 = 987).

Object

Representation ID: 8239

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The plan only provides for 103 dpa to meet its own needs; short of the 123 dpa set in Policy SS1 which is also below the target of 2706 in Policy HH1 (123 x 20 x 10% buffer)
To deliver even the existing minimum figure as calculated by the standard method requires a further 414 dwellings or 661 dwellings including 10% uplift (123 x 20 = 2469 plus 10% = 2716) .
The discounting of the Stamford North allocation from Rutland’s supply requires a substantial level of additional housing not delivered by Policy SS1.

Object

Representation ID: 8240

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Paragraph 5.54 of the ELR states: “It would not be unreasonable to look above 26.6 ha to help facilitate business growth - and even up to 34.9 ha. Table 9.4 of the ELR suggests that the High scenario level of employment land (which is based on 1.5 ha of office and 34.9 ha of industrial - see table 9.21 page 55) would generate in total some 4,378 jobs. This would be the level that we consider would align with the County’s stated objective of achieving a “Step Change” in the local economy.

Object

Representation ID: 8241

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Table 9.4 of the ELR suggests that the High scenario level of employment land (which is based on 1.5 ha of office and 34.9 ha of industrial - see table 9.21 page 55) would generate in total some 4,378 jobs. This would be the level that we consider would align with the County’s stated objective of achieving a “Step Change” in the local economy.

Object

Representation ID: 8243

Received: 30/11/2024

Respondent: Hereward Homes Greetham Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

This policy is wholly unclear in several respects and should not rely on footnotes of explanation.
We object to the lack of clarity about what development may be acceptable and where; we object to the requirement that such development should demonstrate ‘substantial support’ or as variously described in the footnote ‘local community support’ and/or ‘clear local community support’.
Undefined ‘clear local community support’ cannot be a determinative factor where dall of the criteria a) to g) to be met. Planning decisions should be based upon planning merits and not the predilection or otherwise of local communities to support development