Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29883
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Philip Cunliffe-Jones
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
The “landscape-led design approach” in MM2 needs to be integrated with the Essex Design Guide Version 3 (2018) with a revised definition of Garden Land. The revised wording proposed (page 72) for paragraph 5.175 refers too loosely to relevant guidance in the Essex
Design Guide. The proposed definition of Garden Land in the Main Modification by implication always includes and allows communal garden space, which the Design Guide provide is a matter for each local authority. The MM definition should be revisited to avoid uncertainty as to the curtilage of each dwelling, and shared access to and maintenance of communal amenity garden spaces. The incorporation of a Health Impact Assessment into the design of communal gardens should also be considered.
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