Baginton and Bubbenhall Neighbourhood Plan

Object

Representation ID: 70807

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Objective 7 - only seems to support small businesses in the NP area.The
Neighbourhood Plan should recognise the location of the Area adjacent to Coventry City and existing and proposed areas of employment, and the importance of providing opportunities to retain, expand and create new jobs.

Object

Representation ID: 70808

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

General Draft Policy G6 (Additional Business Premises and Employment Opportunities), has now been amended to General Draft Policy G5. There have been no amendments to the text and this policy continues to support new local employment opportunities within Baginton and Bubbenhall only, subject to criteria which, when read restrict employment growth. Coventry Airport Ltd as an existing commercial/employment enterprise, object to the restriction on employment growth as proposed in the Neighbourhood Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 70809

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Draft Policy BAG7 (Commercial and Industrial Development and Employment)
The amendment removing reference to the Green Belt does little as there is a separate Green Belt Policy (GP3) which we discuss further in this representation. The removal of 'rural area' appears to suggest that there is some level of acceptance that the general character of the area is now, which is something we pointed out in our previous representations. However, this single change still makes this is a restrictive policy as it refers only to employment development in the villages and new development in the Middlemarch Business Park.

Object

Representation ID: 70810

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Draft Policy GP3 Green Belt
first part of the Policy G3 duplicates existing local policy, is redundant and could
serve merely to confuse and should be deleted wholesale. The wording of the second sentence of the draft policy applies an impermissible gloss on the NPPF Green Belt policy, inventing new tests such as "conspicuous from the Green Belt" which do not concur with national policy and have not been properly evidenced. It also contradicts the proposed Draft Sub-Regional Employment Allocation DS16 (Gateway) as set out the Draft Local Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 70811

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy G5 Additional Business Development
Sub-paragraphs 1 to 5 are very vague.

Object

Representation ID: 70812

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

In respect of conformity under basic condition 8(2)(e), it is imperative that the Neighbourhood Plan should be examined against the draft policies in the Local Plan.
The Neighbourhood Plan should refer to the Warwick Local Plan process given that there is a residential allocation in Baginton Village and the Sub-Regional Employment Allocation DS16 within the Neighbourhood Plan boundary.
A further paragraph which should be updated as part of the current consultation is 2.10, which refers to the Whitley South scheme, which was granted planning permission on 10th July 2017.

Object

Representation ID: 70813

Received: 21/07/2017

Respondent: Coventry Airport Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Neighbourhood Plan refers in the last sentence to 'the Parish Councils continue to support the view that the land south of Coventry is not developed to maintain the openness and effectiveness of the Green Belt and protect against urban sprawl in accordance with the NPPF'. This statement
demonstrates that the Neighbourhood Plan does not want to support development to the land south of Coventry despite the permission for JLR and significantly, the DS16 in the Warwick Local Plan (which has reached an advanced stage), removing the land from the Green Belt to allow necessary
development to proceed. This also appears to contradict Draft Policy DS NEW 1 Directions for Growth South of Coventry which is seeking to undertake an early review of the Local Plan (within five years of adoption) for this area, to address any additional evidence regarding the need and potential for development in this area. The Neighbourhood Plan does not currently meet basic condition 8(2)(a), basic condition 8(2)(d) and basic condition 8(2)(e).