Providing sustainable levels of growth in the District
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 64553
Received: 29/05/2014
Respondent: Mr Graham Butt
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
1) Levels of growth too high. Increased economic activity generates new housing needs. Without the increased economic activity new housing needs for people coming into the district will be reduced. Therefor less employment AND housing land needs to be released.
2) Reconsideration with the Gaydon new-town development in mind as much of the need in the south may be met by this
3) Decreased conversion of housing in south Leamington to shared student accommodation and reversal of such conversions would meet part of the housing need. High density student accommodation on brownfield sites (or in Coventry) would achieve this.
1) Levels of growth are too high. Increased economic activity will generate new housing needs. Without the increased economic activity the new housing needs for people coming into the district will not be required. Therefor less employment AND housing land needs to be released.
2) This needs to be reconsidered with the Gaydon new-town development in mind as much of the preperceived need in the south may be met by this
3) Decreased conversion of housing in south Leamington to shared student accommodation and the reversal of such conversions would meet part of the housing need. High density student accommodation on brownfield sites (or indeed more logically in Coventry) would achieve this.
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 64555
Received: 29/05/2014
Respondent: Mr Graham Butt
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
- Projected Growth too high
- Effect of Gaydon New-Town needs to be reconsidered
- Student accommodation house conversion need to be stopped and reversed
) The assumption for the need for growth should be challenged by those within the authority because
a) There are areas of the UK (Including parts of the West Midlands) where proposed new employment and associated housing could be easily facilitated on brown field sites giving a positive impact on neglected communities and infrastructure. These sites may well prove less profitable for developers - but private company profits must not come first
b) Students Housing - A considerable and increasing number of houses in Leamington have been converted into student accommodation. If student accommodation was built nearer to transport hubs (or indeed the university) these houses could be converted back into normal residential use. The district should consider stopping all future conversions of housing into student housing if it genuinely believes all of the proposed homes are actually needed by local communities
Could a clarification be made as to how many of these such properties are owned by District Council representatives and their families as surely this could be a vested interest.
c) Shops - with the rapid rise of internet shopping the conversion of shops on the fringe of the town centre into residential use should be considered as a step towards solving the perceived housing issue
d) The New Town development proposed near Gaydon will house many of the projected new need as Land Rover workers may well prefer to locate to here
Support
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 64680
Received: 09/06/2014
Respondent: Federation of Small Businesses
Our members tell us that their order books are getting fuller, that they have seen improvements across many sectors and more demand generally. Anecdotally, they tell us that they are looking to grow but often struggle to find good quality affordable units; units that are flexible and enable a business to grow over time. Currently businesses that need to react to fulfill a new contract do not have suitable space to move or grow into.
Our members tell us that their order books are getting fuller, that they have seen improvements across many sectors and more demand generally. Anecdotally, they tell us that they are looking to grow but often struggle to find good quality affordable units; units that are flexible and enable a business to grow over time. Currently businesses that need to react to fulfill a new contract do not have suitable space to move or grow into.
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 65316
Received: 25/06/2014
Respondent: Mr Brian Bate
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The NPPF states: identify and maintain supply of land for housing to meet the objectively assessed needs for market and affordable housing ensuring this is of the right size, has the right tenure, and is in the right location;
WDC have not ensured that the land for housing is in the right location. They have simply looked at the area and said that they will not build on green belt land so selected land to the south of Warwick and Leamington Spa for over 90% of the proposed new homes as it is green field land.
The NPPF states: identify and maintain supply of land for housing to meet the objectively assessed needs for market and affordable housing ensuring this is of the right size, has the right tenure, and is in the right location;
WDC have not ensured that the land for housing is in the right location. They have simply looked at the area and said that they will not build on green belt land so selected land to the south of Warwick and Leamington Spa for over 90% of the proposed new homes as it is green field land.
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 65330
Received: 25/06/2014
Respondent: Mr Carl Stevens
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Sustainability with the size and intensity / density of house building will stretch public facilities utilities and transport networks to breaking point.
Sustainability with the size and intensity / density of house building will stretch public facilities utilities and transport networks to breaking point.
Support
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66025
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: Centaur Homes
Agent: McLoughlin Planning
Para 1.45 Centaur Homes support the Plan Objective to providing a sustainable level of housing growth in the District, especially identify and maintain supply of land for housing to meet the objectively assessed needs for market and affordable housing
See attachment
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66128
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: Hallam Land Management and William Davis
Agent: Marrons Planning
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The primary objective of the plan should be to provide for sustainable levels of growth in the district, in line with advice set out in the NPPF.
Para. 1.46 refers to a secondary objective, to provide a sustainable level of housing growth by identifying and maintaining a supply of land for housing to meet objectively assessed needs for market and affordable housing. Whilst this is entirely appropriate, it is not considered that it has sufficient regard to the emphasis in national policy for the need to boost significantly the supply of housing, in order to achieve five years worth of housing. As a consequence the Plan is not sound as it is not consistent with national policy and does not enable the delivery of sustianable development in accordance with the policies in the NPPF.
see attached
Support
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66164
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: Friends of the Earth
Number of people: 4
We support the statements in paragraphs 1.45 and 1.46 that economic growth will be balanced with housing growth. We support paragraphs 1.48 to 1.54 which outline how new developments will be planned to respect environmental needs.
see attached
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66786
Received: 26/06/2014
Respondent: Gallagher Estates
Agent: Pegasus Group
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Paragraph 1.46 states that the Local Plan will identify and maintain a supply of land for housing to meet the objectively assessed needs for market and affordable housing. This objective of the Local Plan is supported as sound and responds to the issue of affordability identified at paragraph 1.30 part (b) of the Plan and the strategic priority to provide the homes the District needs identified at paragraph 1.42 of the Plan. There is a concern that in practice the policies of the Plan which follow (particularly Policy DS6) are at risk of failing to meet the objectively assessed need for housing contrary, not only to the NPPF, but to the strategic priority and objective 1 of the draft Plan.
see attached.