Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Support

Representation ID: 14139

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Not within an Mineral Safeguarding area and no waste safeguarding issues identified.

Support

Representation ID: 14140

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Not within an Mineral Safeguarding area and no waste safeguarding issues identified.

Object

Representation ID: 14141

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Overarching comments summarised:
- Amendments since the Reg 18 stage are welcomed but it is considered that there are still substantive issues associated with the Plan's evidence base.
- As the Local Transport Authority, the Council considers that the Plan fails to meet the NPPF tests of soundness re: its Effectiveness and Consistency with national policy.
- A number of policies require updating to reflect required land and monetary contributions to deliver necessary education provision.
- It is considered that the Plan could include clearer definitions around health and health inequality to set the tone for the health content in the Plan.
- Reference to the importance of and support for Neighbourhood Plans is welcomed.

Object

Representation ID: 14142

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

To entirely future proof, for continuity and for transparency for the local community, businesses, developers, agents and others, the East of Lutterworth SDA policy from the adopted Harborough Local Plan should be a saved policy and transferred across to the new Local Plan. Furthermore, further reference is required in the supporting text of the emerging new Local Plan referring to the context and current position reached with East of Lutterworth SDA. This will reflect the role the East of Lutterworth SDA plays in the delivery of new homes, work spaces, services and infrastructure to Lutterworth and the wider area.

Support

Representation ID: 14143

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Comments from LCC as a landowner:
The Development Objectives are supported with the first, second and fifth seen as particularly relevant to the County Council as a landowner.

Object

Representation ID: 14144

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Comments from LCC as a Landowner:
- To take account of the need to flexibility and maximise the potential to maximise the delivery of affordable housing the suggested housing numbers should be regarded as an absolute minimum. Re: the examination of the current plan the Inspector considered a buffer of 15% to be appropriate to provide such flexibility (currently 12.5% above the calculated housing need.
- The Settlement Hierarchy is seen as logical as is the need to distribute housing number across the range of settlement sizes.
- District Land Supply Position needs further explanation. By not detailing the delivery from committed strategic sites over the plan period, an incomplete picture is provided creating uncertainty.

Object

Representation ID: 14145

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Comments from LCC as a landowner:
-The general thrust of the policy is supported. The retention of the allocation from previous plan as L3 is welcomed.
- DS02 part 4 (General Employment Areas). Whilst the basic policy is sound the inclusion of Courtyard Workshops in Market Harborough as a General Employment area is seen as illogical. Located within what is now a predominantly residential area, with which there continued use in incompatible, the premises are old and incapable of economic use in the medium term. Consideration should therefore be given to their redesignation as “other employment” premises.

Object

Representation ID: 14146

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Comments from LCC as a landowner:
Whilst the allocation is welcomed, Policy SA01 restricts the use to E(g)(iii) uses. The site has been marketed extensively, without success, for a period of 10 years for office and light industrial uses and accordingly this restriction fails to recognise the fact that there is no market demand for light industrial uses at this location whereas there is market demand for B2 and B8 uses. It is therefore suggested that consideration be given to including the delivery of B2 and B8 uses thereby supporting the site’s early delivery to meet market demand.

Support

Representation ID: 14147

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Comments from LCC as a landowner:
The allocation recognises the Neighbourhood Plan allocation and is welcomed.

Support

Representation ID: 14148

Received: 27/03/2025

Respondent: Leicestershire County Council

Comments from LCC as a landowner:
The allocation is strongly supported.