Object

Representation ID: 4857

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: John Davies Farms ltd.

Agent: Berrys

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy DS1 identifies, in the 5th paragraph, that the “Green Belt boundary will be altered through this Plan to accommodate development allocations set out in Policies SA1, SA2, SA3, SA5 and SA7”.

However, as detailed in the representor’s objections to policies DS4 and DS5, the Green Belt should also be altered through the Plan to accommodate development allocations on sites in Tier 4 settlements, to recognise the sustainability of those settlements, to protect and enhance their sustainable village centres and to meet housing needs during the Plan period, including the needs of the settlement and the requirement to provide 10% of housing growth on sites of less than 1 hectare.

The Plan is therefore considered to be unsound as it fails to meet the development needs of Tier 4 settlements and is inconsistent with the national policy requirement (detailed in paragraph 69 of the National Planning Policy Framework) to promote the development of a good mix
of sites, including identifying land to accommodate at least 10% of the housing requirement on sites no larger than one hectare.