Object
Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 924
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: Martin Grant Homes
Agent: Pegusus Group
The primary element of Policy S1 seeks to protect the present extent of the green belt, albeit that reference is made to the need to adjust that green belt boundary to accommodate the strategic allocation at West Horndon. Martin Grant Homes consider that the intent generally to maintain the present extent of the green belt fails to respond appropriately to future housing requirements. Indeed, paragraph 2.30 of the Preferred Options for Consultation indicates that the objectively assessed housing needs of the Borough in the period to 2030 are greater than the provision set out at Policy S2. Martin Grant Homes consider that this disconnection arises because of the Council's intention to establish the primary policy position to be the maintenance of the present extent of the green belt.
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