Object

Representation ID: 14666

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: Heyford Developments Ltd (Dorridge Site)

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Some sites have not been considered within the SA as reasonable alternatives without explanation. In the Supplementary Consultation (2019) ‘amber site’ A1 was consulted upon as part of the consideration for further site options (identified in step 1 of the site selection process as ‘likely allocation’). However, the Site Assessment document (site reference 345) states that the SA does not assess the site. Therefore, the SA could not have informed the overall conclusions of the Site Assessment process (which for this site concludes it is ‘red’ – no allocation).
At Section 7.2 the SA provides ‘outline reasons’ for the selection of proposed housing sites at the plan level, however the SA does not provide any outline reasons for individual sites in terms of why they have or have not been selected for allocation. This is not fully in accordance with the Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulation h) which requires an ‘outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives dealt with’.