MM117
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29617
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
BE13 (now BE09) - Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets
3. Not Effective
Point of clarity - Indicator should read ‘developments’ not ‘develops’.
Delivery of appropriate sustainable transport infrastructure is key to mitigating the growth proposed in the Local Plan. Alternative options for delivery need to be considered rather than simply reviewing the policy. The Action should be amended to reflect this.
BE13 (now BE09) - Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets
3. Not Effective
Point of clarity - Indicator should read ‘developments’ not ‘develops’.
Delivery of appropriate sustainable transport infrastructure is key to mitigating the growth proposed in the Local Plan. Alternative options for delivery need to be considered rather than simply reviewing the policy. The Action should be amended to reflect this.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29618
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Policy BE14 – Sustainable Passenger Transport
3. Not Effective
ECC as highway and transportation authority recommends that this is included in Local Plan Monitoring Framework in order to ensure that full sustainable modes of travel can be monitored. Considered particularly important given strong reliance on sustainable travel as transport mitigation measure in Local Plan, Transport Assessment, and IDP.
For example, it is unclear how success of criterion B of Policy BE14 could be measured and achieved without regular monitoring of capacity and frequency of bus services.
Reaffirms ECC’s position set out in Examination Statement F125A - paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3.
Policy BE14 – Sustainable Passenger Transport
3. Not Effective
ECC as highway and transportation authority recommends that this is included in Local Plan Monitoring Framework in order to ensure that full sustainable modes of travel can be monitored. Considered particularly important given strong reliance on sustainable travel as transport mitigation measure in Local Plan, Transport Assessment, and IDP.
For example, it is unclear how success of criterion B of Policy BE14 could be measured and achieved without regular monitoring of capacity and frequency of bus services.
Reaffirms ECC’s position set out in Examination Statement F125A - paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29619
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
BE15 (now BE11) - Electric and Low-Emission Vehicles
3. Not Effective
Delivery of electric charging points is key to other sustainability and climate change policies in the Local Plan. It is recommended that setting minimum standards should be considered rather than simply reviewing the policy. The target and action should be amended to reflect this.
This would ensure consistency with paragraph 112 of the NPPF, and ECC’s proposed amendments to Policy BE15 – MM26.
BE15 (now BE11) - Electric and Low-Emission Vehicles
3. Not Effective
Delivery of electric charging points is key to other sustainability and climate change policies in the Local Plan. It is recommended that setting minimum standards should be considered rather than simply reviewing the policy. The target and action should be amended to reflect this.
This would ensure consistency with paragraph 112 of the NPPF, and ECC’s proposed amendments to Policy BE15 – MM26.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29620
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
BE16 (now BE12) - Mitigating the Transport Impacts of Development
3. Not Effective
ECC as highway and transportation authority recommends that Policy BE16 – Mitigating the transport impacts of development, is included in the Local Plan Monitoring Framework in order to ensure that developments are fully mitigated. The monitoring of transport impacts such as traffic generation from developments can determine if / when additional sustainable modes of transport are required, and/or certain physical highway and transportation infrastructure is required.
This reaffirms ECC’s position as set out in its Examination Statement F125A - paragraphs 1.4.
BE16 (now BE12) - Mitigating the Transport Impacts of Development
3. Not Effective
ECC as highway and transportation authority recommends that Policy BE16 – Mitigating the transport impacts of development, is included in the Local Plan Monitoring Framework in order to ensure that developments are fully mitigated. The monitoring of transport impacts such as traffic generation from developments can determine if / when additional sustainable modes of transport are required, and/or certain physical highway and transportation infrastructure is required.
This reaffirms ECC’s position as set out in its Examination Statement F125A - paragraphs 1.4.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29621
Received: 08/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
BE17 (now BE13) - Parking Standards
3. Not Effective
The word ‘minimum’ in the first Trigger for Action should be deleted as it does not allow for flexibility such as changes to parking policy in the future.
The Town centre is a sustainable location and the Local Plan should not be encouraging car use by provision of high level of parking. The second monitoring requirement under BE17 (now BE13) should be deleted.
BE17 (now BE13) - Parking Standards
3. Not Effective
The word ‘minimum’ in the first Trigger for Action should be deleted as it does not allow for flexibility such as changes to parking policy in the future.
The Town centre is a sustainable location and the Local Plan should not be encouraging car use by provision of high level of parking. The second monitoring requirement under BE17 (now BE13) should be deleted.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 30267
Received: 02/12/2021
Respondent: Crest Nicholson
Agent: Bidwells
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Makes reference under the “housing delivery” indicator, to the delivery of 125 new dwellings, 35% affordable housing and 5% Self and Custom Build housing. We do not agree with the 5% Self and Custom Build element and believe it to be incorrect, because it is not referred to anywhere in the Pre-Submission version of the policy, or the schedule of Main Modifications at MM89, so there should be no reference to it here.
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