Part One: Spatial Strategy and Policies (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 856

Received: 21/12/2023

Respondent: McCarthy Stone

Agent: The Planning Bureau Limited

The Council must therefore that an up-to-date Viability Assessment is undertaken to inform
the future versions of the plan. The new Viability Assessment must include a number of typologies
that includes older person’s housing and if older person’s housing is found to be not viable an
exemption must be provided within the plan in order to prevent protracted conversations at the
application stage over affordable housing provision and delaying the provision of much needed older
persons housing.

Support

Representation ID: 857

Received: 21/12/2023

Respondent: McCarthy Stone

Agent: The Planning Bureau Limited

Amend policy DLP13 as follows:
Policy DLP13 Supported and Specialist Housing (removed)
1. The Council will support the provision of accommodation for people with specific needs,
(removed). Proposals providing accommodation for people with
specific needs, including (removed) specialist housing to meet the
needs of older people will be considered in relation to the following criteria…..’

Comment

Representation ID: 858

Received: 21/12/2023

Respondent: McCarthy Stone

Agent: The Planning Bureau Limited

For the plan to be in line with national policy and effective the following text should be added to policy
DLP9:
Specialist housing to meet the needs of older peoples have a number of health benefits to residents
and cost saving to health providers and therefore schemes delivering specialist housing for older
people do not need to be assessed against the requirements of Policy DLP9.

Comment

Representation ID: 859

Received: 21/12/2023

Respondent: McCarthy Stone

Agent: The Planning Bureau Limited

Para 5,8 and 9 of policy DLP32 should be deleted and instead the Council should rely on the Statutory
Biodiversity Metric especially given the Statutory nature of BNG.

Comment

Representation ID: 860

Received: 21/12/2023

Respondent: McCarthy Stone

Agent: The Planning Bureau Limited

The Council should delete DLP33 point 5