Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 65404
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: Stoneleigh & Ashow Parish Council
Agent: Parklands Consortium Ltd
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Stoneleigh and Ashow Parish Council considers Policy DS16 is unsound as it contravenes the NPPF: There has been no Public consultation with the local community and other stakeholders concerning the removal of this land from the Green Belt.
There is no policy for a Sub Regional Employment site which is not the most appropriate strategy when considered against reasonable alternatives.
No objectively assessed need for the policy has been established or consideration undertaken for reasonable alternatives subject to sustainability appraisals. This policy should be based upon evidence including the production of a sub-regional strategy, not be justified by retrospective evidence
STONELEIGH AND ASHOW PARISH COUNCIL REPRESENTATION: Policy DS16 ; Local Plan
This policy is unsound: it is not justified.
The justification for Policy DS16 relies on the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) commissioned by CWLEP in March 2014. The SEP supported the Coventry and Warwickshire Gateway application, the subject of a call in inquiry awaiting a decision by the SoS. The SEP and the WDC draft plan depend on a 'Joint Employment Land Review, March 2014, which has not been made available for public consultation or the engagement of interested parties on this evidence. There is no evidence of exceptional circumstances to justify a Sub-Regional Employment site