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ID sylw: 108295

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bostrom Property LLP

Asiant : Fisher German

Do you agree with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 3- Small Scale
Development, Settlement Boundaries and Infill Development?
2.25 No, we do not agree with this approach for the reasons set out below. We set out the compelling
justification for commensurate growth down the spatial hierarchy in relation to Draft Policy
Direction 1.
2.26 Fundamentally, any policy which relies on Neighbourhood Plans to make allocations is not likely
to be effective as ultimately the Council cannot control whether Neighbourhood Plans will be
forthcoming and it will essentially reward communities for not making a Neighbourhood Plan
which is clearly inappropriate. Should the Council wish to rely on this approach, the Policy must be
extended so that if a Neighbourhood Plan has not been made within 2 years of adoption of the
Plan then housing needs for the settlement can be positively met through applications. It is noted
that Studley has been a designated area for the purpose of neighbourhood planning for some time,
but a draft Plan has not yet materialised, thus highlighting the flaws of this approach.