Object

Representation ID: 56653

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: One Hundred Percent Properties

Agent: Barton Willmore

Part of the former Honiley Airfield has the potential to accommodate residential development of a modest scale.

This could assist the Council in delivering its preferred option for the broad location of development, and in particular in relation to the growth required in smaller villages and hamlets.

The location of the site in the north of the District would offer a suitable alternative location for residential development to meet the needs of the smaller villages and hamlets in that part of the District. Linked to this, consider that paragraph 4.47 of the Revised Development Strategy could support the use of the former Honiley Airfield for residential uses.

Notwithstanding the above, have some concerns about whether the preferred option for the broad location of growth is deliverable and, in particular, question the ability of a housing market, which is emerging from a recession, to deliver the required housing on sites in close proximity to one another.

Specifically, GVA consider that there are a relatively finite number of prospective purchasers for whom South Warwick would be a viable location and this will inevitably have a significant impact on the rates of delivery that can be achieved.

Also concerned that this will limit choice in the location of housing and have a detrimental cumulative impact on infrastructure in the south of the District.