Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Support

Representation ID: 7939

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

The Parish Council fully supports the Borough Council’s aspirations in terms of employment growth and agrees that little change to the extant policies in the extant 2030 Local Plan are required.

Support

Representation ID: 7940

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

At present, the Parish Council’s draft Neighbourhood Plan does not contain policies on self-building. Only one of the allocated residential development sites would fall within the thresholds proposed by Policy SB1 – namely the 10 to 29 dwellings threshold requiring the provision of two plots – and the Parish’s likely allocated site falls at the very lower end of the scale. In view of the statutory right to build and the fact that the Neighbourhood Plan has to be in compliance with the extant Local Plan, this emerging policy will be referenced in the Parish’s Neighbourhood Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 7941

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

The Parish Council recognises that the Borough Council is in some difficulty in promoting a policy that essentially will have to anticipate the provisions of the Environment Bill – which on the basis of latest reports, may well be delayed yet further by reason of amendments made to the Bill by the House of Lords which are being resisted by Government.
Whilst the Parish Council supports the positive approach that is being taken by the Borough Council with regard to “environmental net gain”, the Parish Council would be very concerned if the Borough Council introduced environmental concepts that went beyond the terms and concepts as defined in what will eventually be the Environment Act – as and when it receives Royal Assent.

The Parish Council to an extent wishes to reserve its comments at this stage in that once the Bill has received Royal Assent the concepts discussed by the Borough Council in this Consultation will have been clarified.

The Parish Council does have some concern, however, that by recognising the concepts of “biodiversity net gain” – natural capital gain” – and “environmental net gain” it is running the risk with its proposed “Policy NE1 – Environmental net gain” of introducing a degree of confusion in terminology which, if that terminology itself conflicts with the wording employed by the Environment Act will ultimately lead to confusion as to interpretation and implementation which, with a draft Plan that is contemplating an additional 12,500 new dwellings in the Plan period, could be very dangerous.

Support

Representation ID: 7942

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

The Parish Council notes the on-going work being undertaken by the Borough Council in the context of –
- Climate Change,
- Healthy weight environments – hot food takeaways,
- Hotel and visitor accommodation (a subject to which attention has already been drawn above), and
- Open Space standards.
It looks forward to seeing the results of this continuing work and trusts that it will be given to opportunity to comment at the appropriate time.

Support

Representation ID: 7946

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

In the context of this issue, the Parish Council agrees with the Borough Council’s conclusions as to the need for a specific policy but would also add that as well allocating two small sites for residential development within the Parish, its Neighbourhood Plan proposes a policy to permit windfall development – subject to a number of local policy conditions.

Support

Representation ID: 7955

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Pavenham Parish council

As far as space standards and building design are concerned – the Parish Council will comment at the appropriate time once the details are published. It is generally supportive of the Borough Council’s extant and proposed intentions as set out with the single caveat that for a village such as Pavenham, good design must also take local heritage and architectural character fully into account.