Object

Addendum of Focussed Changes to the Pre-Submission Local Plan (Regulation 19)

Representation ID: 26690

Received: 22/11/2019

Respondent: Mr Colin Holbrook

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

SA Report Addendum 2.5.6 -refers to delivery of new homes alongside infrastructure, but NOTHING has been considered or planned for Blackmore. R25 & R26 should be removed entirely from the LDP and their allocation transferred to R01 unless an appropriate infrastructure improvement plan can be incorporated into the Plan to facilitate the development.

SA Report Addendum 2.11.3 - recognises that the existing planned reduction of 20 homes at R25/R26 is insufficient to affect the retention of agricultural land. To facilitate this objective R25 & R26 should be completely removed from the plan and the allocation transferred to R01.

SA Non-Tech Summary - R25 & R26 fail at least 8 of the stated Objectives required for the LDP. These sites should be completely removed from the plan and the allocation transferred to R01.

SA Non-Tech Summary - This report discusses how developing some sites would, or would not, successfully achieve the objective of reducing Car Dependency. However this test has not been applied to R25 & R26 which require absolute total Car Dependency for any new homes. R25 & R26 should be removed entirely from the plan to meet the LDP goal of reducing car dependency.

SA Non-Tech Summary - raises "omission sites" incl Honeypot Lane R022 and considers the benefits/disadvantages of their reintroduction. Honeypot Lane was eminently more suitable than any of the 4 sites now seeking reduction in the Focussed Changes, yet was removed without the opportunity for proper review in November 2018. The only reasons I have heard for the removal are a) the site was in the area of a Council member who would need to consider the views of voters b) There is a short pinch point in the access road to the site which would make development access difficult. However the pinch point is still wider than the entire length of Redrose Lane which is being suggested for development of both R25 & R26. The Honeypot Lane site, inexplicably, is still not considered as an alternative to the Northern Villages Allocation. R022 should be re-included in the Plan as this would allow all R18, R19, R25, & R26 to be completely removed and also not require an increased burden being added to R01.

Change suggested by respondent:

Remove R25 and R26 from the plan

Full text:

Text submitted online.
The Addendum of Focussed Changes is drafted involving 5 sites and the changes are all interconnected. The way BBC have set up this Consultation site means we must select a single Site for each comment and every change has an implication and effect on the other sites. Therefore I have entered them in "Change 4" but they apply equally to "Change 5" and will all have implications for the other sites. I have also entered them in the Sustainability Section as that is where I found the comments that I am objecting to.
* It should be recorded that each item I have entered is a separate representation and should be logged as such. It has been publicised that Blackmore created c500 responses to the previous consultation. However if you look at these actual responses stored on the BBC portal you will see that in fact for R25 there are 1,026 separate respondents and for R26 there are 1,035 respondents. In addition many of these respondents raise multiple objection when their individual response is reviewed. e.g. Ref 23127 has 11 different objections but is only counted as 1 representation. It would seem that there has been deliberate understatement of the magnitude of local feeling about the inequities of the foisted upon Blackmore by the LDP. To put these numbers in perspective the BBC site shows the representations on other sites as: R01 15 comments; R02 29 comments; R03 18 comments.
* The Addendum of Focussed Changes is presented as a single plan affecting 5 sites, but the individual elements do not have equal merit. All negative aspects relate to R18 & R19, whilst none relate to R25 & R26. Consequently R25 &R26 should be removed entirely and their allocation transferred to R01, R18 or R19
* The Addendum of Focussed Changes has recognised a problem with the LDP and looks to reduce the damaging impact on the worst affected Allocated Sites based on a Council view that removal of any specific site was not "possible". In fact, it is possible to remove a site at this stage, just as it is at the next stage (if so directed by the Inspector). This artificially designated "Major" change of removing a site was shelved. Possibly as it had the negative potential consequence of getting BBC censured, or even possibly having the control of the process taken away from them by central government. Whilst the "Major" change was not palatable for BBC, it is the right option, and better than a superficial "Minor" reduction in numbers on R25 & R26.
* The Sustainability Objectives specifically raise the need for Gypsy and Traveller communities to have SUITABLE access to services and health care. BBC spent resident's money fighting one unauthorised occupation of land in Blackmore and won. Regrettably they have now smuggled this land-grab in to the LDP as a new official site with no debate or notice. This increases the burden on Blackmore services and infrastructure. which is unable to deal with the existing increase of housing proposed by the LDP. If this is left in the LPD there should be some recognition by completely removing the new house burden R25 & R26 imposed on the village.
* SA Report Addendum 2.5.6 -refers to delivery of new homes alongside infrastructure, but NOTHING has been considered or planned for Blackmore. R25 & R26 should be removed entirely from the LDP and their allocation transferred to R01 unless an appropriate infrastructure improvement plan can be incorporated into the Plan to facilitate the development.
* SA Report Addendum 2.11.3 - recognises that the existing planned reduction of 20 homes at R25/R26 is insufficient to affect the retention of agricultural land. To facilitate this objective R25 & R26 should be completely removed from the plan and the allocation transferred to R01.
* SA Non-Tech Summary - R25 & R26 fail at least 8 of the stated Objectives required for the LDP. These sites should be completely removed from the plan and the allocation transferred to R01.
* SA Non-Tech Summary - This report discusses how developing some sites would, or would not, successfully achieve the objective of reducing Car Dependency. However this test has not been applied to R25 & R26 which require absolute total Car Dependency for any new homes. R25 & R26 should be removed entirely from the plan to meet the LDP goal of reducing car dependency.
* SA Non-Tech Summary - raises "omission sites" incl Honeypot Lane R022 and considers the benefits/disadvantages of their reintroduction. Honeypot Lane was eminently more suitable than any of the 4 sites now seeking reduction in the Focussed Changes, yet was removed without the opportunity for proper review in November 2018. The only reasons I have heard for the removal are a) the site was in the area of a Council member who would need to consider the views of voters b) There is a short pinch point in the access road to the site which would make development access difficult. However the pinch point is still wider than the entire length of Redrose Lane which is being suggested for development of both R25 & R26. The Honeypot Lane site, inexplicably, is still not considered as an alternative to the Northern Villages Allocation. R022 should be re-included in the Plan as this would allow all R18, R19, R25, & R26 to be completely removed and also not require an increased burden being added to R01.