Object

Representation ID: 66477

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Gladman Developments

Agent: Stansgate Planning

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Sets out all new dwellings required to achieve Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 from the date of adoption and Level 5 from 2016. Outlines that Council will expect applicants to consider potential to incorporate large scale decentralised district heating networks on strategic sites identified through the Plan.
Applicants will be required to prepare Sustainable Buildings Statement demonstrating how proposals meet requirements of LP's climate change policies.
Policy Analysis
Submit that requirements set out in Policy CC3 are too onerous. Unclear whether justified by supporting evidence and properly tested for effects on viability. Remind Council of guidance in §173 of the Framework, which states that "Plans should be deliverable. Therefore, the sites and scale of development identified in the Plan should not be subject to such a scale of policy obligations that their ability to be developed viably is threatened".
Conclusions on Soundness
Whilst recognising aims of this policy, question whether requirements are appropriately justified. Risk that its provisions could threaten viability of development and consequently the delivery of the LP.