Regulation 19 Rutland Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 8462

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The number of new homes that the Council will be required to deliver is however likely to change significantly once the new National Planning Policy Framework is published later this year, based upon the recent consultation on the new Framework and the proposed revisions to the standard method. Additional suitable sites will need to be allocated in the Plan in anticipation of the standard method being adopted, prior to the submission of the Local Plan for Examination to ensure the figure of 264 dwellings per year as determined by the new standard method. this significant increase could result in neighbouring authorities looking to Rutland to take on some of their additional unmet need as they are required to increase their housing supply to support Leicestershire.

Support

Representation ID: 8463

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Silverley are supportive of the approach adopted by the Council in relation to this policy and consider that the scope
set out through criteria 1-3 could enable sites adjacent to the Planned Development Limits to come forward in the
Larger Villages where very few allocations are currently being proposed.

Object

Representation ID: 8465

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Silverley consider that the policy as drafted results in there being a disproportionate allocation of sites across the
District. Out of the twenty-one Larger Villages there are only three sites allocated for residential development in
three villages for the duration of the plan period. A proportion of the Larger Villages are in close proximity to the main settlements of the District and have a range of services themselves while benefiting from close proximity to employment and other facilities offered by the larger settlements. Ryhall is a good example of such a settlement, located only 1.8 miles from Stamford where there is a range of shops and services alongside employment and with good transport links.

Furthermore, the current allocation at Ryhall results in the provision of only 4 additional affordable homes for the
village, which is exceptionally few given the size of Ryhall. Further allocations in this location would ensure that the
proportion of affordable housing for local people would be increased and ensure that those living in the village can
afford to remain, whilst supporting the vitality of the local community.

Object

Representation ID: 8466

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Silverley Properties Ltd

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

In conclusion, we find the Local Plan to not be sound as it has not been positively prepared. This however is capable
of remedy via the allocation of additional sites for residential development in sustainable locations. As has been set out in previous representations for the site, development at Land to the rear of Hilltop Cottage, Essendine Road, Ryhall is sustainable, deliverable and developable in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF. The site is available now and would provide a medium sized development that could be built out relatively quickly and early in the new Local Plan period.
The following public benefits would arise from the development of the site, and outweigh any minimal harm:

• Provides a supply of housing in a village identified by the Council for growth;
• Provides housing in a sustainable location in close proximity to the town of Stamford where there is a wide
range of shops, services and employment;
• Will include a mix of both market and affordable housing to meet local needs;
• Provision of public open space for both new and existing residents; and
• Opportunities for landscaping and biodiversity improvements throughout the site.