Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 5020
Received: 20/12/2022
Respondent: Vistry Group
Agent: Rapleys LLP for Vistry Homes
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Land at Cross Green is proposed as an ‘employment led new settlement/site,’ rather than an urban extension. Such a classification is rather strange, given that the allocation does not actually include any employment provision within it. Vistry consider that the specific allocation at Cross Green, through the polies MA1 and SA2 is unsound.
The masterplan policy MA1 requires the submission and approval of a site wide masterplan, however, there is no clarity on the timing of this – whether this is in advance of any planning application or whether it can be submitted with any outline or full application. It also requires at (j) a strategy for a site wide design code, which will need to be consulted on and approved prior to any application permission, although the clause in the policy is less than clear and explicit about this, and at (l) a site-specific infrastructure delivery schedule setting out broad triggers for critical infrastructure delivery.