Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24319
Received: 06/12/2018
Respondent: Town and Country Planning Solutions
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Paragraph 4.57 states that "having regard to current overall likely demand, it will be expected that reasonably-sized housing schemes of 20+ dwellings, include a proportion of self and custom-build plots, being at least 5% and this then appears as a requirement in Policy DHG6 (Self-build and custom housing). There is no such requirement with the NPPF (2018) and such a requirement could prejudice large sites of 20 or more units coming forward, especially if the delivery of the scheme were to be delayed to provide for relevant marketing of 'service plots for self and custom housebuilders' for a period of "at least 12 months".
It is also difficult to envisage how a site of 20 or more dwellings can be properly laid out and for any visual impact to be assessed if part of a site is left as 'serviced plots for self and custom housebuilders'. There is no evidence that the introduction of a 'design code' (for which there is no Policy commitment) would satisfactorily overcome this issue. The draft Policy should be amended to include only the first paragraph.
Paragraph 4.57 states that "having regard to current overall likely demand, it will be expected that reasonably-sized housing schemes of 20+ dwellings, include a proportion of self and custom-build plots, being at least 5% and this then appears as a requirement in Policy DHG6 (Self-build and custom housing). There is no such requirement with the NPPF (2018) and such a requirement could prejudice large sites of 20 or more units coming forward, especially if the delivery of the scheme were to be delayed to provide for relevant marketing of 'service plots for self and custom housebuilders' for a period of "at least 12 months".
It is also difficult to envisage how a site of 20 or more dwellings can be properly laid out and for any visual impact to be assessed if part of a site is left as 'serviced plots for self and custom housebuilders'. There is no evidence that the introduction of a 'design code' (for which there is no Policy commitment) would satisfactorily overcome this issue. The draft Policy should be amended to include only the first paragraph.