Object

Representation ID: 56651

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: One Hundred Percent Properties

Agent: Barton Willmore

In attempting to meet the levels of growth expected to be required the Council should adopt a flexible document that is "aspirational but realistic" (Paragraph 154, NPPF) and, in doing so, the Council should consider the role that MDSs, such as the former Honiley Airfield, can play in delivering both residential and employment development to meet the needs of the District.

The location and physical characteristics of the former Honiley Airfield present an opportunity to accommodate residential development of a modest scale which could help to meet the needs arising in the villages and other smaller settlements in the north and north west of the District, such as Honiley, Beausale and Wroxall.

This could be accommodated without prejudicing the primary use of the site as a vehicle testing facility, nor would it prejudice the delivery of the Fulcrum permission.

The development of a relatively small part of the site, adjacent to the northern boundary with Oldwich Lane East, could act as a catalyst for redevelopment of the wider site, consistent with the Fulcrum permission and assist in delivering the infrastructure required to service this, such as the new roundabout access and the enhancements to the test track, all of which have considerable costs associated with them.