Publication Draft

Support

Representation ID: 66007

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

We supposrt this policy.

Representations set out elsewhere within this submission promote Land off Cromwell Lane, Burton Green, which is in a sustaibale location and has excellent public transport connections. The associated promotional document demonstrates the site would delier a high quality design and layout and could be developed at a low density in keeping with the exisitng properties with the village.

Object

Representation ID: 66344

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? Yes

There are circumstances where the brownfield first approach may not be the most suitable or sustainable. For instance, the site promoted in these representations, Land off Cromwell Lane, Burton Green is in a more sustainable and central position that the Council's prefered Site.

Object

Representation ID: 66345

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

The NPPF does not place an obligation to allocate brownfield sites first.
Only part of the site is brownfield.
The site is not the most suitable or sustainable site for residential development.
Site is located on the sourther periphery of the village.
Majority of the village and community services located to the north of the village.

This allocation is not without its own constraints as identified in the Village Site Appraisal Matrix. Land at Cromwell Lane is more a preferable alternative and does not have the same constraints ad Burrow Hill site.

LanHS2 will divide a village which is already linear in composition, leaving any future occupants of properties on the preferred site feeling separated and disassociated with the village.

Object

Representation ID: 66346

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

We object to policy DS19 Green Belt which defines the extent of the Green Belt in the District.

Whilst the Council has undertaken a review of the Green Belt and commissioned further independenet work to critically assess the review we do not consider that the work undertaken has been expressively thorough or unbiased.

The Green Belt Criticial Reveiw provides an assessment of the preferred option sites, but fails to consider any of the sites that have been dismissed. In contrast to the Council's Green Belt Review, it focuses on the specific sites.
This more detailed approach results in very different conculsions. Whilst the Green Belt Review considers Parcel BG3 (within which the preferred option site is located) to be of high Green Belt value the Green Belt Critical Reveiw consideres the preferred option site to be of low to medium value.
It concludes that given the characteristics of the site, it could be removed from the Green Belt with a modest impact on the fundamental aims, essential characteristricts and purposes of the Green Belt.

It is worth noting the Inspector's Main Modifications to the Leeds City Council Core Strategy, which recommended that full Green Belt review should be undertaken to accommodate the identified level of housing and employment growth rath than a selective review as the Council originally propoposed.

Support

Representation ID: 66347

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

For reasons set out at policies DS2, DS3 and DS4 we support this policy.

Object

Representation ID: 66348

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We support this policy, however we recommend that the Council applies a flexible approach to viability and deliverability as emphasised in the Framework which states that 'the sites and the scale of development identified in the plan shoul not be subject to such a scale of obligation and policy burden that their avility to e developed viably is threatened'.

This applies equally to the setting of and appliocation of affordable housing policies.

Support

Representation ID: 66349

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

We support this policy.

Attached promotional document demonstrates how the site at Cromwell Lane/Westwood Heath Road, Burton Green could be brough forward and includes an indicate site layout, which demonstrates that the objectives of Policy BE1 can be achieved on this site.

Object

Representation ID: 66351

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We support this policy, however, as mentioned elsewhere, HS2 will have a significant impact on the settlements which the route passes through, specifically Burton Green where the route dissects the village north to south. The Council's preferred site lies to the south of the line and will be segregated from the majority of the village to the north of the route.