Object

Representation ID: 66010

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: University of Warwick

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Removal of what is referred to as "Central Campus West" from the Green Belt has been a longstanding objective of the University. This is in order to establish a secure long-term boundary around the edge of the campus and to allow development to be approved and to proceed without the unnecessary constraints of Green Belt policy which are no longer relevant to the University's circumstances. The University therefore supports the revised Green Belt boundary under policy DS19.

However the University considers that Local Plan policy DS19 is not sound because it is inconsistent with para 83 of the NPPF which requires exceptional circumstances to be identified. These should be specifically included in the supporting text.