Object

Representation ID: 4855

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: John Davies Farms ltd.

Agent: Berrys

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy DS6 provides a longer-term growth aspiration for a new settlement that relates not to the current Plan period, but to future Plan periods. As such it is considered premature to include a policy which seeks to set out
the criteria for such a settlement when the justification for that settlement, in terms of housing and employment growth, has yet to be fully established and the potential options for accommodating that growth fully explored.

It is noted that the proposed policy recognises that a new settlement is only one key option amongst a number to be considered by the Council in future Plan making. Nonetheless, alternative options for accommodating
housing and employment growth in future plan periods include directing growth to lower tier settlements, such as Seisdon, where growth will meet the needs arising in those settlements and surrounding areas whilst also helping to maintain and enhance the vitality of rural communities and their local services (in accordance with paragraph 79 of the NPPF).

The inclusion of policy DS6 is considered to be unsound as it is not justified (based on evidence and appropriate having taken into account all reasonable alternatives) or effective (deliverable over the Plan period).