Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Object

Representation ID: 63535

Received: 20/01/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

RPS contests that not only is the current boundary amendment insufficient to address the needs of the village during this plan period, it is also insufficient to accommodate the needs of the village beyond the plan period, including the additional need that will be generated given its expansion during this plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 63536

Received: 20/01/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Specifically and not exclusively, this would allow a development to be provided in Baginton Village that provides:
-sufficient land to deliver at least 90 dwellings to meet the needs of the emerging development strategy for Baginton Village;
-additional much needed affordable housing within the village;
-an appropriate density for this location that reflects that of the local environs, the requirement of paragraph 47(5) of the NPPF and not lead to over development of the site;
-a higher quality development that integrates the natural environment and landscaping reflective of the character of the adjacent Conservation Area and local environs;
-appropriate landscaping and screening of the development on the periphery of the site, including land that is beyond the boundary included in Appendix 2 in the control of Lenco Investments;
-additional areas of recreation, and possible allotment land which has been identified by the Parish Council as needed in the local area;
-a greater range and type of dwellings to meet local need;
-sufficient land to be safeguarded within the Green Belt to meet the future needs of the village without needing to review Green Belt boundary; and
-by extending the side westwards it enable the site to be linked more directly to the central village nortwards further increasing the sustainable merits of the site.

Object

Representation ID: 63537

Received: 20/01/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Given that the housing needs study is some 6 years out of date and in excess of the length for which Housing Needs Assessments have a shelf life for, the assumption that only 17 dwellings are required in Baginton Village is considerably out of date and not robust. It is most likely that the demand has indeed increased for housing in Baginton since the survey was undertaken and is closer to the need identified in the Revised Development Strategy of between 70 and 90 dwellings.