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ID sylw: 108818

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Barratt David Wilson Homes (Mercia)

Asiant : Savills

It is noted that Draft Policy Direction 39 stipulates exploring a requirement for a wider measure of environmental net gain which demonstrates improvements in terms of both biodiversity and carbon sequestration, as well as the potential for incorporating additional ecosystem services. There is a lack of clarity at present in terms of the intentions in relation to ecological net gain, how this would be measured and the implications of this. Barratt David Wilson Homes Mercia contends that the SWLP should not be including a Policy which is unspecific and which lacks the appropriate justification, including in relation to assessment of the impact of such a requirement on the ability and viability of delivery the required new homes in the most sustainable locations. This justification is required by the NPPF { National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) Paragraph 36} and currently does not exist.