Proposed Submission Draft Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal

Object

Representation ID: 13739

Received: 01/05/2025

Respondent: Catesby Estates

Agent: Marrons

The SA process considered three housing growth options. Only meeting the District’s own LHN is not a “reasonable alternative,” as this would not meet Leicester’s unmet housing need and not be consistent with national policy or DtC.
Recent housing delivery trends are close to the 'high growth' scenario. There is a clear/compelling case to test a higher housing requirement not only because of recent housing delivery trends but because of the wider issue of an HMA-wide shortfall over the plan period beyond 2036. A higher growth figure could at least potentially provide sufficient headroom to respond to this longer-term strategic challenge and this has not been addressed given that alternative scales of growth were not tested beyond the initial spatial options.
The SA process should consider higher growth scenarios across the refined distribution options.

Object

Representation ID: 13927

Received: 02/05/2025

Respondent: Catesby Estates

Agent: Nexus Planning

Policy SA03 does not comprise an appropriate strategy. As set out at Table 1 of our representations, with further consideration of our Site, it is demonstrated that the SA scoring (which informs Policy SA03) does not fully realise the sustainable merits of development on the Site (east of Market Harborough). Overall, it cannot be concluded Policy SA03 is justified but in any event, additional allocations are required having regard to our representations made in response to Policy DS01.