Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14553
Received: 19/04/2016
Respondent: Mr C Lonergan
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
Para 6.14 states that this means directing development to locations that are "supported by effective transport, leisure, community and other services, while ...protecting the Green Belt." There is nothing about securing sustainable development that concerns protecting the Green Belt and that its inclusion in the approach to securing sustainable development is not necessary and may limit the Council's ability to deliver sustainable sites that otherwise provide suitable locations for residential or other development. Sites should not be considered unsustainable simply on the basis of the current Green Belt designation of land. It is recommended that the supporting text is altered to reflect that Green Belt should not be a consideration in whether development will be sustainable or otherwise. Green Belt policies are set out elsewhere in the Plan and should remain a separate matter.
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