Object

Representation ID: 69711

Received: 22/04/2016

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy DS11 is unsound as it excludes land south of the primary school, Bishop's Tachbrook (SHLAA R179). Site is available now. It is outside the green belt and without constraints, so deliverable. It is continguous with allocated site H23 which is now a commitment with planning permission and houses being developed.
It is the nearest developable site to the school and village facilities, minimising the need to travel. The reason for non allocation is the impact of noise from the M40 which cannot be mitigated against due to the location and topography, but there is no evidence that part of the site couldn't be developed with the use of conditions as with site H23.
The potential for the site taking mitigation into account is 75 dwellings using a small proportion of the site. LP para 2.38 states that non Green Belt land will be favoured over Green Belt where possible. Rejecting this site but allowing Green Belt sites does not enable the delivery of sustainable development.