E3 Opus 40, Birmingham Road, Warwick
Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66014
Received: 26/06/2014
Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd (Andrew Taylor)
Agent: Framptons
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The assumptions made in the employment land review in relation to the site are flawed in its understanding of the use class for which planning permission was granted. WDC imposed a condition to restrict office floorspace to 5,000 sq metres in order to resist out of centre office development. Para 22 of the NPPF states that local authorities should regularly review land allocations avoid the long term protection of sites. There is no reasonable prospect of the Opus 40 site being used for B1 purposes. The site has been marketed over a lengthy period of time. The allocation of the site is at odds with Paragraph 173 of the NPPF. The allocation of the site for a town centre site on an edge of town location is unrealistic. This frustrates the early delivery of new homes on the site which could contribute towards acheiving a 5 year supply of housing. Opus 40 should be removed from DS9 and allocated for housing as an urban brownfield site within policy DS11.
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