Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24328
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: Environment Agency
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Rother District Council - Proposed Submission Rother District Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Thank you for consulting us on the above Local Plan document.
We have reviewed the DaSA and overall we are pleased that our comments on the previous iteration of this document have been considered and taken on board. As such we consider the document "Sound" subject to some minor amendments for clarification purposes.
Part A: Development Policies
2. Resource management, Water Efficiency
Policy DRM1: Water Efficiency (Page 20)
We are disappointed not to see requirements for water efficiency measures for commercial developments. We would expect to commercial developments required to meet BREEAM "excellent" or "very good" as a minimum. Other councils including Rother's neighbour Folkestone and Hythe have policies requiring such suggested standards. We would query why the LPA has seen fit not to mention BREEAM standards.
We hope you find our comments useful. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Rother District Council - Proposed Submission Rother District Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Thank you for consulting us on the above Local Plan document.
We have reviewed the DaSA and overall we are pleased that our comments on the previous iteration of this document have been considered and taken on board. As such we consider the document "Sound" subject to some minor amendments for clarification purposes.
Part A: Development Policies
2. Resource management, Water Efficiency
Policy DRM1: Water Efficiency (Page 20)
We are disappointed not to see requirements for water efficiency measures for commercial developments. We would expect to commercial developments required to meet BREEAM "excellent" or "very good" as a minimum. Other councils including Rother's neighbour Folkestone and Hythe have policies requiring such suggested standards. We would query why the LPA has seen fit not to mention BREEAM standards.
We hope you find our comments useful. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.