No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1590
Received: 17/02/2017
Respondent: Portland Planning Consultants
The proposed use of an SPD is inappropriate and matters should be addressed and tested through consideration of development plan policy, as contrary to Paragraph 153 of the National Planning Policy Framework as would add financial burden.
No. For its implementation it is seeking to turn on a Supplementary Planning Document. The matters addressed in P4 are complex matters which can be resolved only if properly tested by the full formal Statutory Planning Process. The policy needs to be wholly revamped in order that its full ramifications can be properly tested by the Statutory Planning process. Paragraph 153 of the National Planning Policy framework states:-
"Supplementary planning documents should be used where they can help applicants make successful applications or aid infrastructure delivery, and should not be used to add unnecessarily to the financial burdens on development."
It is submitted that Policy P4, by relying on SPDs for the detailed articulation of the policy, breaches this national policy.