Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15740
Received: 11/05/2016
Respondent: Wyevale Garden Centres Ltd
Agent: Greogory Gray Associates
When applied to existing lawful commercial sites within the Green Belt, Policy 9.9 is overly restrictive. Para. 28 of the NPPF provides support for the sustainable growth and expansion of all types of existing business in rural areas through conversion of existing buildings and well-designed new buildings. This support for economic growth in rural areas applies equally to Green Belt land as that in the open countryside and can be achieved in a manner consistent with Green Belt policy either through the re-use of an existing building (para.90) or through one of the specified exceptions to the definition of 'inappropriate' development as set out in para. 89.
It is requested that Policy 9.9 be fully revised so as to be consistent with national Green Belt policy.
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