Settlements and Countyside Plan(Pt 2) – SPC Response

Emerging Draft Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) for Daventry District (November 2017) Consultation Response Form

 

Daventry District Council is preparing a Part 2 Local Plan for the District which will supplement the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy and replace Saved policies in the Daventry District Local Plan 1997; it will cover the period up to 2029. The Part 2 Plan includes policies for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople, which at the Issues and Options stage were going to be included in a separate plan. This stage is the Emerging Draft Local Plan consultation.

The Emerging Draft Local Plan consultation document is available to view electronically at: www.daventrydc.gov.uk/localplan

You can inspect a hard copy at Daventry District Council’s Offices and the District’s libraries during normal opening hours. In addition, we are holding exhibitions at the following venues during the consultation period, where members of the Local Strategy Team will be available to answer questions:

Help us to shape the submission version of the Local Plan by letting us know what you think about the emerging draft.

Local Green Space nominations

Parish Councils who do not have a ‘made’ neighbourhood development plan, are not intending to produce one, and who have not already submitted nominations for Local Green Space, can do so during the consultation period. A separate form should be completed. This is available to download from the Local Plan webpage or you can request a paper copy from the Local Strategy Team, contact details for which are below.

Guidance for completing the form

Please refer to the Emerging Draft Settlements and Countryside Local Plan consultation document. This will provide details of the proposed Vision, Objectives, Policies and allocations. Please provide details of the part of the Local Plan which you are commenting on. If you have any questions about the consultation, need help completing the form or would like to request a copy of the Local Green Space Nomination Form, please contact the Local Strategy Service on 01327 302559.

The consultation period starts on Monday 27th November 2017 and closes at 4.30pm on Friday 26th January 2018. Our preference is for electronic submissions, however, we will also accept hard copies. Please return your response form to the Local Strategy Service using the details below:

By e-mail: planningpolicy@daventrydc.gov.uk

By Post: Local Strategy Service, Daventry District Council, Lodge Road, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4FP

This form has two parts:

Part A – contact details

Part B – your representation. Please fill in a separate sheet for each representation you wish to make.

 

Part A: Contact Details

1.	Contact Details We need your contact details to take your comments into account. All comments will be made publicly available.
Agent (if applicable)
Title		Mrs
First name		Sue
Last name		Porter
Job title (where relevant)		Clerk
Organisation (where relevant)		Staverton Parish Council
Email (if provided we will always contact you this way)		Stavertonclerk@btinternet.com
Address		3 Packwood Close
		Middlemore
City/Town		Daventry
County		Northamptonshire
Postcode		NN11 8AJ
Telephone Number		01327 301570

The Council will only use your information for the purposes of the Part 2 Local Plan.  You will be placed on the consultation database and will receive updates on the progress of the Local Plan unless you indicate otherwise:

Part B: Please use a separate sheet for each representation

Please tick the box if you do not wish to receive updates on the progress of the Local Plan.

Please note all comments will be made publically available. If you do not have sufficient space in the box please continue on a separate sheet.

 

Is your representation supporting		or objecting	Ö
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	5.2.07		22
As part of the Neighbourhood plan process SPC have mapped and submitted to DDC a confines map. The SNDP confines map is not that dissimilar from the one that has been produced by DDC. SPC would hope that DDC adopt within their plan the plan that has been produced by SPC for the Staverton Neighbourhood Development Plan

 

Is your representation supporting	Ö	or objecting
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	5.2.19
SPC are pleased to see that DDC are taking a policy approach to protect services and facilities within villages. Of particular priority for Staverton and many rural villages is the retention of local bus services. Daventry District has many small villages which does not create natural conditions for commercial bus operations. Furthermore, the current transport legislation offers limited powers/controls for the county/district councils to fundamentally change the commercial bus provision. However, SPC would ask that the plan sets out a specific framework of strategic and detailed policies in relation to the bus infrastructure that provides the basis for local solutions within a district wide context to enable a sustainable bus service.

 

Is your representation supporting	Ö	or objecting
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	5.2.21
SPC is pleased to see that DDC have included scope for provision of development outside of the confines and have subsequently then quantified the approach to regulate it. We would ask however, that DDC consider quantifying the approach further to include for only allowing for development adjacent to confines to ensure that there is no erroneous development adrift of a settlement.

 

Is your representation supporting		or objecting	Ö
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	6.5.17
SPC support the policy approach to address housing need, in particular to ensure a proportion of any development provides for smaller dwellings and bungalows. There are far too many executive style developments with 4/5 bedroom dwellings being built. It is noted that the the text in paragraph 6.5.17 refers to bungalows whereas there is no descriptive text in the table referring to bungalows. It is felt this is contradictory and could lead to confusion and suggest the table should refer to bungalows as well. During the consultation process for the SNDP it was identified that there is a need/demand for the provision of bungalows within Staverton and neighbouring villages due to an ageing population. Therefore, it is felt the policy could be stronger and allow for a percentage of any development to include for a provision of bungalows.

 

Is your representation supporting	Ö	or objecting
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	9.2.03
SPC support the Green wedge policy approach as the green wedge will not only act as a buffer between Staverton and Daventry, but also for other undeveloped open spaces and settlements within Daventry District. This approach will also provide for a separation between existing developments, enabling identity/character of individual settlements to be retained.

 

Is your representation supporting		or objecting
To which part of the Emerging Draft Local Plan does this representation relate? Please provide details of your representation below.	Paragraph number	Policy number	Figures/Policies Maps
	Consultation Response Form
We note the paragraph at the beginning of this consultation form and would ask that it be confirmed that the Local Green Space Nominations identified as part of the SNDP process and submitted to DDC will be included within the plan as our plan has yet to be made.

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to complete the form.

Please return it to the Local Strategy Service at Daventry District Council

by 4.30pm on Friday 26^th January 2018.