Object

Representation ID: 24893

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: CEG Land Promotions Ltd

Agent: Lichfields

REFERENCE TO BU2/H
We note the process by which the Council is required to assess and compare reasonable alternative sites, and the screening criteria for initially rejecting any sites which are not reasonable or realistic options – i.e. where it is unlikely that development on that site is achievable (paragraph 4.2). It is considered that the fundamental issues associated with delivery of this site referenced above suggest that it should have been initially screened out as not being a reasonable or realistic site in accordance with the methodology adopted within the Site Assessment Update Report (February 2021).

In particular, the table at paragraph 4.3 presents a number of ‘Screening Criteria’ which are to be applied and which are considered to render sites unsuitable for allocation. This includes ‘Green Belt sites which are not adjacent and contiguous to the built up area and or could not reasonably form an acceptable urban extension’.