Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15546
Received: 05/05/2016
Respondent: Croudace Strategic Ltd
Agent: Barton Willmore
The policy test of "no significant impact" on the aspects listed does not comply with National policy. Notably:
For Green Belt: The NPPF directs that Green Belt boundaries should only be altered in "exceptional circumstances". To require "no significant impact" on the Green Belt is therefore considered over prescriptive and beyond the wording of the NPPF. It is considered appropriate that reference is made to the 5 Green Belt purposes.
For visual amenity/environmental quality - Unless the NPPF directs that development should be restricted, for both plan-making and decision-taking, development should be positively sought unless any adverse impacts of doing so would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole.
For Transport - The NPPF states that development should only be prevented or refused whether the residual cumulative impact of development are severe.
For Heritage -The test to be considered in the NPPF is whether such development would lead to
substantial harm to/total loss of a heritage asset's significance, or less than substantial harm.
See attached.