Policy DM16: Re-use and Residential Conversions of Rural Buildings
Object
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Representation ID: 270
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Doddinghurst Parish Council
(2) Last Paragraph -10 years is far too short a life for a new barn before it may eligible for conversion to a residential dwelling and will encourage speculative barn building in Green Belt by farmers and others. The ban on development for residential purposes should be at least 50 years - when the building will be in need of refurbishment anyway.
(1) Reference is made to the "Policies Map" (here and elsewhere) but I can find no map identified as such either in the document or on the planning web site.
(2) Last Paragraph -10 years is far too short a life for a new barn before it may eligible for conversion to a residential dwelling and will encourage speculative barn building in Green Belt by farmers and others. The ban on development for residential purposes should be at least 50 years - when the building will be in need of refurbishment anyway.
(3) Former Landings Surgery, Outings Lane. In the light of the location and nature and style of existing surrounding dwellings, a housing a density of 40 dph is far too high at this specific location and will create hazards for road users with its proximity to Deal Tree Corner. Indeed the housing densities employed throughout this table appear arbitrary and seem to be designed more to add up to 3500 than be a realistic assessment of practical housing densities, giving a very optimistic view of the development potential of the sites listed.
Comment
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Representation ID: 282
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Essex County Council
Policy DM16- Re-use and Residential Conversions of Rural Buildings
It is recommended that additional text be added to the paragraph relating to `traditional rural buildings', and read:
`A historic building assessment of the structures may be required as part of the planning application with the potential for a full historic building record to be completed as a condition of the application prior to conversion'
Any development should provide satisfactory access to the local road network and satisfactory parking
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Object
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Representation ID: 337
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: Mr Richard Lunnon
Agent: JTS Partnership LLP
This policy needs to be reviewed and more closely aligned to NPPF guidance.
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Object
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Representation ID: 405
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: JTS Partnership LLP
This policy must be reviewed in order to ensure that it is consistent with NPPF guidance (paragraph 90). The only tests set out in the NPPF, in relation to the reuse of existing buildings in the Green Belt, are that:- the proposal should preserve openness; and that, the building should be of permanent and substantial construction. All other criteria should be omitted from the policy for the matters covered are either out with NPPF guidance or are dealt with by other policies in the plan (i.e. Policy DM1).
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Support
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Representation ID: 435
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: Joy Fook Restaurant
Agent: JTS Partnership LLP
We consider that this policy should be reworded. Whilst no objection is raised, in principle, to any of the matters to which it relates, only larger development schemes will need to, and will be capable of, addressing
all the matters set out therein. As currently drafted, the policy applies to "all new developmentā, whether it is a strategic site or a small scale extension to an existing property. It should be amended as per attachment.
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Object
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Representation ID: 439
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: Joy Fook Restaurant
Agent: JTS Partnership LLP
This policy must be reviewed in order to ensure that it is consistent with NPPF guidance (paragraph 90). The only tests set out in the NPPF, in relation to the reuse of existing buildings in the Green Belt.
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Object
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Representation ID: 514
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: JTS Partnership LLP
Agent: JTS Partnership LLP
This policy must be reviewed in order to ensure that it is consistent with NPPF guidance (paragraph 90). The only tests set out in the NPPF, are that: -
* the proposal should preserve openness; and that,
* the building should be of permanent and substantial construction. All other criteria should be omitted from the policy as they are dealt with by other policies in the plan (i.e. Policy DM1).
Re: Criterion fii) is entirely inconsistent with both NPPF policy and also the significant shortfall in Brentwoods land requirment to meet 'objectively assessed housing needs'.
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Object
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Representation ID: 705
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: Mr R Faruggia
Agent: JTS Partnership LLP
This policy must be reviewed in order to ensure that it is consistent with NPPF guidance (para. 90). All other criteria should be omitted from the policy as they are either out with NPPF guidance or are covered by other policies in the plan (i.e. Policy DM1). Accordingly, the policy should set out at preference for residential conversion before commercial (because of the size of the residential land shortfall).
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Object
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Representation ID: 1208
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Strutt & Parker LLP
With regards to residential, part (f) this policy is inconsistent with the National Planning Policy Framework (paragraph 55). The NPPF confirms that new isolated homes in the countryside are acceptable if they would re-use redundant or disused buildings and lead to an enhancement of the immediate setting. There is no such requirement for marketing exercises to be completed and the building need not form part of a group of buildings. This is evident by the reference to "new isolated homes" which sets the context for paragraph 55. This policy should be amended to be consistent with the NPPF.
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Object
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Representation ID: 1280
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Mr Richard Romang
Unfortunately this seems to be seen as economic opportunities by developers and supermarket chains. Any building that has community worth should be protected by more than change of use legislation, opportunist development should be discouraged and community benefit have more weighting in the LDP.
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Support
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Representation ID: 1902
Received: 24/10/2013
Respondent: Historic England
We welcome the qualification in this policy relating to traditional rural buildings. In the paragraph following part B) we suggest that the following amendment is made: '...compatible with the historic character and significance, and the structural integrity..'
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