Object

Representation ID: 66250

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

RPS objects to the Council's approach in selecting strategic sites for development. It is not compliant with the requirement of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive or that of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004.

The Council's reasoning for excluding Land at Baginton from previous consultations has been based upon assumptions for which the Council held no evidence. It is long established that all reasonable alternatives should be considered within the development plan and SEA/SA process, and that failure to do so is a matter of serious concern which can deem the Plan unlawful.

RPS contests that the Council has appropriately appraised this site and that no reason has been provided in any Environmental Assessment on why the land south of Coventry promoted by RPS has been excluded.

RPS therefore presents evidence that the Council has failed in its SEA/SA process to appraise Lenco Investments land south of Coventry as a strategic alternative alongside other reasonable alternatives, as well as a part of a smaller local village allocation. It has failed on two counts.