Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 16143
Received: 16/05/2016
Respondent: Countryside Properties
Agent: Andrew Martin Planning Ltd
The overwhelming conclusion to draw on the DLP is that in all topic areas it has not been influenced by an appropriate and proportionate evidence base. There is no background assessment to support or justify the policies of the Plan. It is flawed in terms of evidence on housing, business, infrastructure, the environment, and in terms of viability and deliverability to list but a few. There has been a complete lack of evidence to inform what is in the plan and the Council is hastily collating and publishing this retrospectively. Some documents that are only now being published were commissioned three years ago. These are now seen to be contradicting the policies of the plan. Without an evidence base there can be no SA. The effects of the options and the plans policies must have been appraised in relation to the baseline situation. The absence of an evidence base and SA mean that the plan cannot be found sound. It is questionable whether this situation can be corrected in due course and we call for the Council to address the matter now and undertake the work required.
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