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Representation ID: 5414

Received: 17/03/2023

Respondent: Bellway Homes (Wessex) Ltd

Agent: Chapman Lily Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Have significant reservations in terms of policy's practicality - compliance with M4(2) typically results in a 10% increase in floorspace over and above standard market house types, with a commensurate increase in build costs - seldom reciprocated in an increase in GDV. Will be important to test implications of requirement on whole plan viability, isn’t clear whether this has been modelled. Consider would be more appropriate for only a proportion of dwellings to be M4(2) see draft Gosport Local Plan and Havant Housing Delivery Position Statement. Should M4(2) compliance be enforced through Part M of building regulations, would be inappropriate to duplicate matters covered (paragraph 16f of the NPPF) in National Policy.