From: To: Site Allocations Plan Cc: Subject: PDE02277_SAP DPD for
Provincial Land Development Ltd and Lee John Heptonstall’s Date: 23
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PLD and L J Heptonstall - Land south west of Cookridge Lane - Reps
LCC SAP DPD.pdf
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These Plans are now at Publication stage and this is your chance to
comment on them before they are examined by a Planning Inspector.
We would like to hear your views on the Soundness and Legal
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Representations in Relation to Land to the south west of Cookridge
Lane
3.3 ~hese r~prcsentati?ns relate to a relatively small site to the
south west of Cookridge I ,ane which ltes behmd Cookndge Avenue and
adjacent to the cricket field. The site was identified by the local
?utho~il?' in ~he original draft UDP as safeguarded land to be
removed from the greenbelt. The Counc•l•dentlfied that the site was
suitable for housing in the longer term.
That proposal was not carried forward at the time because ofthe
lack of need to do so.
The current plan clearly envisages a major review of greenbelt
boundaries. Paragraph 85 of the NPPF advises that a plan should not
include land which it is unnecessary to keep permanently open. The
Council has previously assessed the site as not serving ru1y
significant greenbelt function and it is therefore unnecessary to
keep it permanently open. Many other objectors have made reference
to the issue of the overall scale of land which needs to be
released both for immediate housing and for safeguarded land. These
representors have had the benefit of reviewing such representations
and do not need to repeat any ofthe broader points.
At the very least the withdrawal of the major greenbelt release
site at Bramham (Hedley Hall) will necessitate a reconsideration of
~:,rreenbelt boundaries as part of this examination process.
The objectors in this case are a small builder and a small local
developer working in partnership and would like to bring forward
the site for self build plots for which it is idcaJiy suited.
The plan at the moment makes no provision for self builds.
The third core principle of paragraph 17 and section 6 of the
Framework requires plan making to support the delivery of a wide
range and choice of high quality homes. The Government has made a
number of key announcements in respect of the need to provide for
self build including DCLG announcements on the 17u1 September 2013
and the l61
h May 2014. The need for self build opportunities is clearly part
of the ' range' and 'choice' identified by the Framework.
At the moment the plan makes no provision at all for self build.
The plan has not, therefore, been positively prepared in respect of
this important aspect of Government policy. The absence of any
policy has not been justified and it cannot, therefore, be
described as effective. Self evidently such an omission is not
consistent with national policy as expressed through the Framework
and Ministerial statements.
3.4 SELF BUILD
The plan should provide a policy which prescribes that
opportunities should be given for self build either as part of a
larger housing allocation site and/or by the identification of a
series of small sites ideaiJy suited for that purpose.
The objection site has already been identified by the Council as
suitable housing on an earlier occasion and would be ideally suited
to a small self build scheme. The criticism of the release of
smaller sites is often that they arc not sustainable but in this
case the site is adjacent to the main urbru1 area and this is close
to the appropriate facilities. The site scores well in the
Council's own SEA (see SHLAA site 1151 page 234 of the SEA Site
tables). Other smaller sites are also suitable for this purpose
along with parts of some larger allocations. It is very difficult
to find small sites for self build anywhere in the city and in
particular in north Leeds where there is an overwhelming unmet
demand for such an offer.
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