Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Support

Representation ID: 2652

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support spatial principle and objective to support villages/rural communities - urge this to be across District.

Term settlement hub should apply to smaller rural settlements.

Housing sites should be allocated withiun countryside in line para 68 NPPF.

Policy should ref conversion of existing buildings in countryside given NPPF.

Should be greater flexibility in plan

Support

Representation ID: 2653

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support approach to identifying small sites.

Support approach of intervening in NPs if not reach sufficient stage but concern that NPs take time and this could prevent sustainable devt coming forward - status of NPs/other DPDs should not prevent new housing.

Revisions to housing numbers should only be to increase figures.

Comment

Representation ID: 2655

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Policy should not be too restrictive

Affordable housing not always sought in small villages

Support

Representation ID: 2656

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support the general principles of Policy DM19 however, urge the Council to ensure that where new suitable development is proposed in the AONB, its designation alone is not used as a reason to prevent sustainable development coming forward.

if proposals meet AONB management plan then planning permission should be granted.

policy requirements should be considered proportionally to scale of devt.

Support

Representation ID: 2657

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support policy but also recognise that cars are only form of transport in some areas so should not be too restrictive on use of car transportation

Support

Representation ID: 2658

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support policy but request addition to criterion 5 to encourage the Council to take a positive approach to improvement of heritage assets which are at risk or vulnerable to risk.

Support

Representation ID: 2659

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support first 2 points, however should make provision within supporting text to promote protection of existing traditional barns/agri buildings through sensitive reuse.

Support

Representation ID: 2662

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support the main objective of DM21, however, they urge more flexibility to the policy to make it workable and to avoid existing disused or redundant buildings lying empty where they do not strictly meet the criteria of the policy.

Consider rewording policy to be less restrictive.

Support

Representation ID: 2664

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Church Commissioners for England

Agent: Josh Coldicott

Support general principles but should be more flexible to allow development in the countryside where it can be demonstrated to be sustainable and supports the vitality and character of rural areas.