Object

Core Strategy Submission Document

Representation ID: 16031

Received: 28/10/2009

Respondent: Mr H Snell

Agent: Capita Symonds

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The document does not refer to any preliminary Habitat Regulation Assessment (HRA) work and there is no acknowledgement of an HRA on the Council's website and or from speaking to the Council's Planning Policy team. In the absence of any initial HRA work and given the proximity of growth locations to the SPA and SAC sites in Rochford at this late stage of the document preparation, it is questionable that the strategy can be delivered. Can the proposed strategy (in particular policies H2 and H3) be delivered without an adverse affect on European Habitats?

Full text:

The document does not refer to any preliminary Habitat Regulation Assessment (HRA) work and there is no acknowledgement of an HRA on the Council's website and or from speaking to the Council's Planning Policy team. In the absence of any initial HRA work and given the proximity of growth locations to the SPA and SAC sites in Rochford at this late stage of the document preparation, it is questionable that the strategy can be delivered. Can the proposed strategy (in particular policies H2 and H3) be delivered without an adverse affect on European Habitats?