Object

Representation ID: 3384

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: IMCO Holdings

Agent: Tetra Tech (Manchester)

We are not in support of Part E of this policy and would advocate for its deletion from the plan. There is no requirement in the NPPF to control housing land release through a phased process over the plan period. This approach would compromise and stifle the otherwise sustainable development of sites, unnecessarily so in the District’s outlying established Principle Towns and Local Growth Centres.

The phasing of housing land release would provide no benefits outside of the city centre, where settlements are not reliant on the strategic phasing of sites for infrastructure or regeneration purposes. Delaying the release of housing land would compromise rather than support the successfully delivery of meeting the District’s housing need requirements.

If a phased approach is taken forward, this should be carefully limited to strategically important sites where there are justified reasons at a site specific level for a phased approach.