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

Object

Representation ID: 3686

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Town centre growth demand should be regularly reviewed. Is there a growth rate target?

Object

Representation ID: 3687

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Staying with Local Plan 2030 town centre growth seem to be contrary to study results discussed at 5.10 an 5.11

Object

Representation ID: 3688

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

TC2 implies out of centre retail and leisure development may be by exception with conditions applied. This could put off development in a misguided attempt to try to attract development to town centre. Unless vehicular access to town centre development is made a priority, then significant development will go to where easy (free) parking is guaranteed. See comment at 5.7

Object

Representation ID: 3689

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Defining an area will not guarantee attracting development

Object

Representation ID: 3690

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

To regenerate diverse vitality, it will be necessary to regain stability with large retail names, not rely on volatile niche retailers

Object

Representation ID: 3691

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

TC3 if there is to be residential use in the town centre, then sufficient and appropriate parking must be part of the residents’ package – including safe charging of electric vehicles in residents’ parking bays

Object

Representation ID: 3692

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Local shopping is important in support of sustainability, but is only part of the overall infrastructure

Object

Representation ID: 3693

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Large scale business will need good access to strategic road distribution. There is no mention of EWR connectivity in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor for commuting in, and product distribution by rail

Support

Representation ID: 3694

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Post Brextit, any reference to EU Directives should be redirected to the equivalent transposed into UK Law, eg in Habitats Regulations, reference to EU Natura 2000 to be read as “the new national site network”

Object

Representation ID: 3695

Received: 19/08/2021

Respondent: GB PC

Additional pitches and plots allocation may be outside of Local Plan, but these still have to be planned for, so should be part of recorded land use in the Local Plan