Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66579
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Representation Summary:
Policy DS5 appears to add nothing to the NPPF but it misrepresents Government policy. It is therefore unsound. The NPPF explicitly excludes Green Belt land from the presumption in favour of sustainable development but Policy DS5 makes no mention of this important fact. The Council's persistent failure to acknowledge this, also evident during the Coventry and Warwickshire Gateway public inquiry, goes to the heart of its cavalier approach to the Green Belt. The Plan proposes to remove no fewer than thirteen sites from the Green Belt. This is inconsistent with ministerial statements.
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