Object

Representation ID: 14468

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: Catesby Estates Limited

Agent: Terence O'Rourke

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Consideration of the Green Belt Assessment is flawed and inconsistently assessed in the Site Selection process. Definition of parcels in the GBA include areas of different character within the same parcel. RP25 includes land north and east of Meriden which perform differently. The area to the north performs less well against Purpose 1 to check unrestricted sprawl as it is confined by A45 to the north, and should be lower performing.
Sites that perform similarly to allocated sites have been dismissed. RP29 and RP31 are similarly moderately performing, but RP29 is assessed as a single site, whereas only small portions of RP31 are assessed, resulting in a very different conclusion
A further review of Sites is required in the context of the overreliance on large sites and housing need.