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Representation ID: 13967

Received: 12/12/2020

Respondent: Friends of the Earth (Cities for People)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Pattern and locations of development:
- Danger the plan is out of date before it is examined, due to impact of Covid-19 on planning.
- Primary aim should be urban regeneration and conversion of shopping centres for housing. Many car-dependent shopping venues in Borough should be surplus to requirement. Could make way for high quality housing, which is low/positive carbon.
- Standard methodology algorithm may change to encourage town centre development, see Robert Jenrick announcement on 16th November 2020.
- Para. 63 – challenge statement that there are extremely limited options for land in urban area.
- Options E-G – Not homogeneous options. Need to travel and car reliance are likely to be higher, even taking account of rail provision. Seems significant reliance on housing development at edge of settlements. Additional capacity could be identified in urban area and mitigate the need for these sites. Could increase density, especially at UK Central.
- Also need to consider location of UK2, access and impact on traffic growth and CO2 emissions.