Object
Plan for submission evidence base
Representation ID: 9318
Received: 28/07/2022
Respondent: Bedfordia Developments Ltd and Marcol Industrial Investment LLP
Agent: Lichfields
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The Local Plan is not legally complaint owing to its failure to comply with the duty to co-operate and fails to meet the tests of soundness. Our review of the New Settlements Assessment finds that the chosen spatial strategy is not positively prepared or justified. The Assessment contains factual errors, is inconsistent in its approach and does not represent a suitable, fair and objective assessment of the new settlement options. Further, the SA objective scorings within the Assessment are contrived to bolster the planning and sustainability case for Little Barford, impacting the chosen spatial strategy as a whole.
The Local Plan is not legally complaint owing to its failure to comply with the duty to co-operate and fails to meet the tests of soundness. Our review of the New Settlements Assessment finds that the chosen spatial strategy is not positively prepared or justified. The Assessment contains factual errors, is inconsistent in its approach and does not represent a suitable, fair and objective assessment of the new settlement options. Further, the SA objective scorings within the Assessment are contrived to bolster the planning and sustainability case for Little Barford, impacting the chosen spatial strategy as a whole.