Object

Representation ID: 66252

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

RPS objects to the Council's development strategy proposals set out in Section 2 of the Draft Plan, and principally how they are delivered through Policy DS1 Supporting Prosperity and Policy DS2 Providing the Homes the District Needs.

The Council's proposals are woefully short on the number of homes required and fail to balance the level of housing and jobs provided within the strategy of the plan, or the core Objectives of it.

Policy DS2 logically follows Policy DS1 which sets out that the authority will meet its full objectively assessed needs. RPS supports the general thrust and compatibility of these two policies.

The plan seeks to present a logical relationship between
balancing local housing and employment need, and gives the impression that these are in harmony. Yet Policy DS16 identifies employment land at the Gateway Site of sub-regional significance which is over and above its local employment requirements. RPS's objection is that the plan fails when considering the commensurate level of housing required, as no account of this major sub-regional employment location is taken in respect of the balance between of jobs and homes.

The proposals in the plan fail to provide for the objectively assessed need for housing, but more importantly fail to balance the provision of homes and jobs as advocated by the authority as being a fundamental component of the Plan's strategy and policy framework. It
is therefore ineffective and unjustified.