Comment

Representation ID: 13593

Received: 18/03/2021

Respondent: Canal & River Trust

The allocation site is situated at the top of a principle cutting to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. We advise that development on the site needs to ensure it does not create a surcharge onto the cutting, which could otherwise result in land instability.
To ensure that the Local Plan complies with the aims of paragraphs 170 and 178 from the National Planning Policy Framework with regards to stability, we advise that this constraint should be identified in the Local Plan. We also advise that the development considerations should include the need for contextual information to demonstrate that the development will not result in land instability. Suggested text is provided below:
“Development will need to demonstrate that it will not impose loading on the canal cutting that could otherwise result in land instability”