General
We are in general agreement with the Draft BBLP2040 Plan for Submission.

However, the practice of Saving Policies from previous Plans (LP2002, ADLP2013, LP2030), but not incorporating a copy of the full text of those Policies into the current document is seen as detrimental, and hampers the use of the latest plan. Without constant cross-checking to confirm if there is a relevant Policy saved from a previous plan, it is difficult to know which older Policies are still live and need to be taken into account when assessing any planning application or proposed development. For ease of use, it is strongly recommended that the full text of ALL live Policies should be included in the latest Plan document, preferably within the relevant main body text, but even as a compilation of the full text of saved Policies in an appendix. The latest/current Plan should be able to be read as a stand-alone document.