Bishop's Tachbrook NDP Regulation 16 Submission

Comment

Representation ID: 71965

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

Relevant policies (e.g. NPPF para 11) require that the BTNP should allow for sufficient flexibility to accommodate the Local Plan (in its entirety including the potential impact of its required review), and any other emerging changes such as the new 2020 standard method calculation of OAN housing requirement. It should not restrict development in a way that would conflict with those policies including the likely potential for an upward change in need, and it is recommended that reserve sites are allocated in accordance with NPPF para 11 and NPPG para 009 in order to accommodate that required flexibility.

Paragraph 4.5 states “The BTNDP will, therefore, not look to identify further sites or change the growth village envelope. These should remain unchanged and be used to manage any proposed housing growth to 2029” which is in direct conflict with the policy requirements for flexibility described above. This should be deleted or amended to meet basic conditions.

Comment

Representation ID: 71966

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

Objective 1 repeats the blanket protection of landscape and should instead detail how it how it would be assessed, released and any impact managed in the context of any required development that arose from strategic policy requirements.

Objective 5 states that housing should meet assessed local needs, this should be expanded to clarify that this should not only include any identified parish needs, but also those of the Local plan and local HMA. Expand to cover full “local” need of the District and HMA.

Comment

Representation ID: 71967

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

This Policy lists 8 points of mitigation that should be covered in any proposals, but does not set out that any required development should be accommodated by assessing the relative merits of landscape impact for all options for village expansion to ensure that the least harm is incurred – it is not clear that the BTNDP is supportive of development in this regard, rather than obstructive.

Map 6 replicates the Districts latest Landscape sensitivity appraisal from 2011. It should be reviewed, landscapes re-assessed in light of recent development and updated accordingly.

Comment

Representation ID: 71968

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

Policy BT2 deals with the Tach Brook Country Park and the area between Bishops Tachbrook and the Warwick Conurbation. The protection of these areas as a strategic gap with a country park to prevent inappropriate coalescence is supported.

Comment

Representation ID: 71969

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

Private fields offer little ecological value, and some landscape value where visible, but none are protected landscapes, so it is inappropriate for a policy to require that the whole network of fields is maintained without any flexibility to accommodate likely future development requirements. This is an inappropriately blanket and overly restrictive policy more onerous than Greenbelt policy and is designed to prevent development rather than enable it and should be amended to allow the least sensitive greenfield sites to be released for development where housing need is demonstrated.

Support

Representation ID: 71970

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

The Traffic Management and Transport Improvements proposed are broadly supported. In particular, “f)” requires “Traffic calming measures on Oakley Wood Road (southern approach into the village”. The allocation of land East of Oakley Wood Road, in addition to being the least sensitive and most sustainable direction of growth, would support this aim by urbanising that approach and could enable speed reduction measures such as extended 30mph zones and pedestrian crossings.

Support

Representation ID: 71971

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

The proposals are supported and many could be positively embraced and enabled by development of land East of Oakley Wood Road such as enhanced footway, cycleway and green routes.

Comment

Representation ID: 71972

Received: 07/08/2020

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: Sharba Homes

This policy requires new housing to be informed by Local Plan Policies H2 (affordable housing quotas) and H4 (dwelling type mix requirement), and Parish Housing Needs survey (for needs). It is inappropriate to limit the “needs” element for a “Growth Village” as it is designated in the Local Plan, which is targeted for growth to accommodate District Wide need.