Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29637
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
4.Not Consistent with National Policy
Refer NPPF Paragraph 73 b -sufficient access to services and employment opportunities within development (without unrealistic level of self-containment), or in larger towns (good access).
Given scale of population growth proposed, constrained access to employment opportunities at nearby economic centres, and mixed-use nature of Village / local centres, criterion 5 should state “at least 5.5 hectares of employment development” instead of “around 5.5 hectares”.
To ensure demand and values are sufficient to induce development, criterion 5 needs to state “distributed across the Employment Hub and Village / local centres” instead of “distributed across the village”.
4. Not Consistent with National Policy
Paragraph 73 b of the NPPF requires that strategic policy-making authorities should ensure that larger scale development provides “sufficient access to services and employment opportunities within the development itself (without expecting an unrealistic level of self-containment), or in larger towns to which there is good access.
Given the scale of population growth proposed, constrained access to employment opportunities at nearby economic centres, and the mixed-use nature of the Village / local centres, criterion 5 should state “at least 5.5 hectares of employment development” instead of “around 5.5 hectares”.
Furthermore, to ensure that demand and values are sufficient to induce development, criterion 5 needs to state “distributed across the Employment Hub and Village / local centres” instead of “distributed across the village”.