Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Representation ID: 21120

Received: 09/11/2011

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Solutions

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Part (iv)

It is not clear how priority would be established for assessing alternative uses of redundant employment sites/premises in relation to community uses, affordable housing and market housing. Furthermore, paragraph 16.23 draws attention to Policy HO2 "regarding the priority of economic potential, rather than affordable housing potential in such situations", however there appears to be no policy HO2 in either part (iii) of the PSCS (Spatial Strategies) or part (iv) (Core Policies) of the PSCS. Therefore, stronger justification and clarification is needed or alternatively, this element of the policy should be deleted..

Full text:

Part (iv)

It is not clear how priority would be established for assessing alternative uses of redundant employment sites/premises in relation to community uses, affordable housing and market housing. Furthermore, paragraph 16.23 draws attention to Policy HO2 "regarding the priority of economic potential, rather than affordable housing potential in such situations", however there appears to be no policy HO2 in either part (iii) of the PSCS (Spatial Strategies) or part (iv) (Core Policies) of the PSCS. Therefore, stronger justification and clarification is needed or alternatively, this element of the policy should be deleted..