Object

Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 29651

Received: 09/11/2021

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

3.Not Effective
4.Not consistent with National Policy

Replace criterion 9 wording ‘sustainable transport hub’ with ‘Mobility Hub’ to ensure consistency of wording with remainder of Policy R01 (i) and Policy R01 (ii).

Policy and supporting text are silent on what constitutes ‘Mobility Hub’. Provide clarity in supporting text.

Replace ‘that should relate well to’ with ‘within’ to provide clarity on intended location.

Insert additional wording at end of sentence to reference subsidiary hubs within local centres on site to ensure all residents and businesses within site allocation have reasonable access to mobility hubs - in line with NPPF 112.

Full text:

3. Not Effective
4. Not consistent with National Policy

The wording ‘sustainable transport hub’ in criterion 9 needs to be replaced with ‘Mobility Hub’ to ensure consistency of wording with the remainder of the policy R01 (i) and policy R01 (ii).

The policy and supporting text are silent on what constitutes a ‘Mobility Hub’. Clarification needs to be provided within the supporting text.

The text ‘that should relate well to’ needs to be replaced with ‘within’ in order to provide clarity on its intended location.

Additional wording needs to be added to the end of the sentence to reference subsidiary hubs within the local centres on site in order to ensure that all residents and businesses within the site allocation have reasonable access to mobility hubs, in line with paragraph 112 of the NPPF.