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Representation ID: 44969

Received: 09/03/2022

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Lichfields

9.0 Policy HW2 - Healthcare Infrastructure
9.1 Part 3 of Policy HW2 states that proposals for major residential developments which would have
unacceptable impacts upon the capacity of these facilities, developers will be required to
contribute to the provision or improvement of such services, in line with the requirements and
calculation methods set out in local development documents.
9.2 Part 7 notes that for strategic sites, the likely requirement for on-site provision for new health
facilities is set out in Chapter 13. In this regard we note that Policy WSA.2 suggests that a local
health centre will be required on the allocation.
9.3 The justification text to Policy HW2 [§5.32] states that depending on the extent of other
planning obligations required, such contributions may not be viable on some sites. This appears
to be inconsistent with §4.21 of the Draft BCP which states that greenfield sites and most
brownfield sites will be able to sustain the full range of planning obligations required.
9.4 As this policy requirement will affect allocations in the BCP and will be used to inform
infrastructure provision on these sites, Taylor Wimpey considers that these requirements and
calculation methods should be identified in the BCP. This is the only way to ensure that the
requirements of the policy are transparent and justified and can be appropriately tested through
the viability work which accompanies the plan.