Comment

Representation ID: 18905

Received: 16/02/2007

Respondent: Councillor David Vereker

The Local Plan has so many Policies that for every planning argument one way there is a perfectly reasonable argument to do the opposite; when push comes to shove, however, many new developments do not contribute to local character or cultural identity or amenities -
somewhere else in the Plan supermarket chains are permitted to invade local communities. Affordability and quality of housing is dependant on the co-operation of the building industry; the Plan's aims here were not helped by Council's insistence on the high 40% factor.

There is nothing wrong in setting out aims as long as it is appreciated that for the foreseeable
future they cannot all be achieved because of financial and other restraints.

Surely it would be better to concentrate on areas of deprivation, support to young people and increasing skill levels?