Comment

Representation ID: 2880

Received: 08/09/2017

Respondent: St Philips

St Philips supports the proposal in the Issues and Options consultation document to remove the final paragraph of policy HOU2. St Philips would object to accessibility standards applied to all residential allocations as this could threaten the viability and deliverability of sites. It would also conflict with recent information set out in the Housing White Paper.

The wording of Policy HOU2 should be changed to refer to accessibility and density standards being determined by local factors. The current accessibility standards set out in policy HOU2 may not be appropriate for Green Belt release sites and should be fully tested in relation to emerging residential allocations on the basis of viability.