Comment

Representation ID: 18670

Received: 01/02/2007

Respondent: Croudace Strategic Ltd

Agent: Charles Planning Associates Limited

Option 1 provides for sustainable growth in rural areas, according with Government policy to locate development in sustainable locations with existing facilities to reduce the need to travel. Option 1 also allows for development in a variety of settlements, helping maintain the sustainability of rural communities as set out in PPS3. A hierarchical approach to development, accounting for the need for settlements to develop according to their sustainability, commensurate with the level of services, facilities and employment it can provide, is supported.

Options 2 and 4 do not accord with Government policy. Option 3 unnecessarily restricts the development of some villages.