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Representation ID: 65725

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council Physical Assets Business Unit

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Considers that the approach taken through DS10 for appropriate redevelopment of previously developed sites and focusing development on greenfield sites south of Warwick, Leamington and Whitnash is justified and in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
The balance of allocated sites in the Plan between urban brownfield sites and other sites is affected by the proposed distribution of employment land. Allocating B1 offices on the fringe of the urban area reducing land available for housing is contrary to the NPPF town centres first' approach in paragraph 23.
WDC has not undertaken a sequential assessment for town centre offices and full justification for the release of more sequentially preferable sites.