Object
Allocations DPD Discussion and Consultation Document
Representation ID: 17978
Received: 14/04/2010
Respondent: Barratt Eastern Counties
Agent: Kember Loudon Williams Ltd
The site area is supported, although it should include land up to the boundary with properties along Thorpe Road and Thorpe Close. This is important if any future application is to include woodland and habitat management. It is also necessary for the site to have regard to the gas pipe which crosses it and provides for its relocation. There are safety zones which currently apply and which need to be considered - the policy does not currently do this.
SH1, page 26: Support is given to this site option for residential redevelopment. The recent appeal and application has demonstrated that all the environmental, character and sustainability issues surrounding the redevelopment of the site can be managed in such a way that the development will make a valuable contribution to the minimum housing requirements. The identification of the whole area is necessary and so the boundary of the site should include land to the western edge of properties along Thorpe Road/Thorpe Close. This is necessary in order to secure the vital enhancements to the woodland and ecology within the site in a manner which contributes to PPS9 objectives and which can only be delivered via a planning application. It is also necessary to identify the whole site under option SH1 plus land up to the boundary with the properties along Thorpe Road/Thorpe Close in order to enable the opportunities and constraints to be fully managed including the necessary relocation of the gas pipe line which as currently laid has important implications for any new development in terms of zones where development is acceptable.
It is agreed that the site would be able to be developed in a way which provides a defensible Green Belt boundary, particularly along Rectory Road but also along the northern edge where there is a ditch. Attached is a plan explaining an appropriate layout for the site.