Object

Representation ID: 43884

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Pegasus

11.37 Policy CC4 deals with air quality. It states the Plan will promote a diverse approach to addressing the issue of poor air quality. Taylor Wimpey supports this approach. However, Criterion 2 states new development must be air quality neutral and, amongst other things, should not lead to a deterioration of existing poor air quality. The Policy should be amended to indicate that mitigation measures which would in overall terms ensure that air quality was not diminished, would be a legitimate way forward rather than an in principle objection to any proposal that could have even the slightest degradation of air quality. Other parts of the Policy already provide such a scenario. In addition, whilst Criterion 2 states development must be air quality neutral, Criterion 4 indicates that where proposals have a moderate air quality impact which can be dealt with standard mitigation measures, there will not be a requirement for air quality assessment. This appears to provide an inherit contradiction with the approach set out in the Policy. This all points to the need to revise Criterion 1 of the Policy.