Regulation 19 Rutland Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 8550

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The draft landscape policies (Policies SC1, SC2 and SC3) are all predicated and reliant upon the findings
of the “Rutland Landscape Character Assessment 2022” and the “Settlement Landscape Sensitivity
Assessment 2023”.
We do not concur with the findings of these landscape studies

Object

Representation ID: 8551

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The draft landscape policies (Policies SC1, SC2 and SC3) are all predicated and reliant upon the findings of the “Rutland Landscape Character Assessment 2022” and the “Settlement Landscape Sensitivity Assessment 2023”.
We do not concur with the findings of these landscape studies

Object

Representation ID: 8553

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

fully supports the Council’s opening statement of this Chapter, However, we wish to highlight that it is unfortunately exactly the opposite of this that has happened in the unplanned speculative growth that has been allowed to come forward in Oakham over the past few years.
We therefore object to this Chapter and Policy INF1, as it is unclear how “effective” the present strategy would be in the context of the “tests of soundness”.

Object

Representation ID: 8554

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We object to this entire Chapter as presently drafted, in particular that the plan is proceeding with the 2023 housing number, it includes untested and unjustified
“future opportunity areas” – which have not been tested alongside “all other reasonable alternatives”, and is not supported by evidence.
No reliance should be placed upon “Figure 11 – Housing Trajectory 2021-2041”, which should
DELETE the orange line of “trajectory with Future Opportunity Areas” – for the foregoing reasons.
Table 6 – Data for Housing Delivery (Figure 11) should consequently be deleted and/or recalculated
with the exclusion of any “potential additional supply from Future Opportunity Areas”

Object

Representation ID: 8555

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: De Merke Estates

Agent: Stantec

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Plan is found sound on a variety of levels. RCC are rushing to avoid seeking to meet the actual “needs” of its residents. RCC are failing to adhere to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), particularly regarding affordable housing. RCC has not demonstrated its obligations to cooperate with neighboring areas, particularly in light of strategic cross-boundary requirements. The draft plan aims for the minimum housing provision and suggests locations that do not align with actual needs, potentially leading to social and economic decline.