Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Support

Representation ID: 13647

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

The proposed vision is supported in principle, although it could be made more spatially specific by making reference to the key strategic developments being delivered through the plan period including the new strategic sites at the Land south of Gartree Rd and east of
Oadby, Market Harborough and the existing Lutterworth East Strategic Development Area.
Although the Lutterworth East SDA is an existing commitment it will be a key area of growth and change through this plan period which should be recognised in the vision.

Object

Representation ID: 13648

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The Key Diagram (Figure 2) gives no indication that there
is a Strategic Development Area delivering 2,750 homes as part of a mixed use development to the east of Lutterworth. The Key Diagram should include reference to the Lutterworth East SDA, as this consented scheme will be providing a significant portion of the District’s housing supply, as set out in Appendix 5.
Whilst it is a commitment following allocation in the current adopted Local Plan, it is also a key component of the Development Strategy for District over the plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 13649

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The housing requirement must incorporate a proportion of Leicester’s unmet need through the entirety of the plan period until 2041. It is clear that unmet need should continue to be incorporated into the housing requirement for the Borough post 2036 given the unmet need in Leicester is likely to remain or increase through the District’s plan period.
The Council can avoid further unnecessary delays during the Examination process by extending the plan period now to 2042.
It is our opinion that the Lutterworth East SDA, as an existing commitment for 2,750 homes, is a key component of the growth in Harborough District and should be referenced throughout the Local Plan. The approach, of limiting development in a Tier Two Market Town, should be reconsidered.
Not sound: not positively prepared, not justified, not effective, not consistent with National Policy.

Support

Representation ID: 13650

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

The approach, intension to co-locate employment and residential uses, set out is supported in principle.
The Lutterworth East SDA, identified in the adopted Local Plan, is consented to provide over 20 hectares of employment uses, including B2 and B8 to be delivered in the first Phase of the SDA. This commitment to contribute to the quantity of employment land available should be
referred to within this policy, particularly given the sustainable location of these employment uses adjacent to the ‘Golden Triangle’ road network.

Support

Representation ID: 13651

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

The inclusion of reference to the Lutterworth East SDA and the spine road to be delivered in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan is supported and highlights the importance of this site to the future growth of the District and the need therefore to include a policy on the site and reference to it in other key policies.

Object

Representation ID: 13652

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The reason for selecting or rejecting certain site options relies on the fact that council has decided the level of development that should be accommodated in certain
settlements, However without a clear description of the process that led to the identification of levels of development in certain settlements, the site selection process is flawed and is not justified.
Figure 5, like the Key Diagram, should incorporate Lutterworth East as a strategic commitment.
Policy SA01 should carry forward the policy for Lutterworth East SDA in the adopted Local Plan.
To meet the national policy requirement to consider the longer term vision for the District, it would be appropriate for the Council to identify directions for growth beyond
the Lutterworth East Strategic Development Area to indicate the longer term potential for development beyond the existing permission towards the end of the plan period and beyond.
Omission site Land north of Gilmorton Road, Lutterworth (Ref. 24/10318) is proposed for allocation.

Support

Representation ID: 13653

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

The principle of this policy is acceptable.
It is noted that an application to Vary the Section 106 of the Lutterworth East SDA was approved by the Council in December 2024, confirming that the SDA may provide affordable housing at a minimum of 10% and a maximum of 40%. Given this potential reduction in affordable housing provision within the SDA, it is considered that the site at Gilmorton Road could assist with providing additional affordable housing in line with the proposed policy phrasing.

Object

Representation ID: 13654

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

It is unclear however why the policy doesn’t also include scenarios where a five year supply of deliverable sites is not available as well as when the Council is failing the Housing Delivery Test.

Object

Representation ID: 13655

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy DM09: is not justified or effective.
The Policy states that it relates to all development and states that all development must, amongst other things “minimise carbon emissions during construction”. It is not clear what the threshold is for compliance with this policy. It does not comply with NPPF para 16 as it is not evident how a decision maker should react to development proposals. The lack of clarity about compliance with this policy means that is uncertain whether it has been robustly tested through viability.

Object

Representation ID: 13664

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Storey Property Developments Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Appendix 1 - The removal of Policy L1 (East of Lutterworth Strategic Development Area) is not supported, particularly given the minimal references throughout the Plan to the role of the Lutterworth East SDA in supporting the provision of housing and employment uses within the plan period.