Object

Representation ID: 4774

Received: 23/12/2022

Respondent: Terra Strategic

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Acton Trussell's status as a Tier 5 settlement is not an accurate representation of the village when compared to Tier 4 Bednall which is significantly smaller. Terra contend that Acton Trussell should be designated as a Tier 4 settlement as a minimum. Policy is not positively prepared as it is too restrictive on Tier 5 settlements such as Acton Trussell. It does not appropriately identify the
benefits that residential development can bring in terms of additional services and economic growth.

The plan fails to identify sustainable levels of growth in non-Green Belt settlements such as Acton Trussell. It has not been demonstrated that all other reasonable options outside the Green Belt have been examined before proposing to make changes to Green Belt boundaries.

The wording of DS5 should be changed to make it more positively worded as follows:

'The district’s Tier 5 settlements are set out in the Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2021. New development in these locations will be limited to the conversion and re-use of redundant rural buildings to appropriate uses, in accordance with other development plan policies. The suitability of these settlements for taking additional growth will be assessed on a case-by-case basis and new development will be supported where it can be demonstrated that the settlement can appropriately accommodate the proposed growth.

On a case-by-case basis, the very limited redevelopment of previously developed land for housing may also be supported within these settlements where this would not increase unsustainable transport movements from the settlement in question and would not conflict with other Local Plan policies. Limited affordable housing to meet specified local needs in accordance with relevant Local Plan policies may also be supported.'