Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 2552

Received: 24/04/2024

Respondent: Hanbury Properties Ltd

Agent: Freeths

Support the overall economic ambition of the proposed Local Plan through the extent of the quantum of land that SKDC seeks to allocate for employment development.

OBJECTION to Policy E2 on the basis of the distribution of the allocation of employment sites. The objection relates to the decision to allocate 172.7ha of greenfield land at Gonerby Moor (SKPR-202, SKPR-100, SKPR-182). This is unjustified by evidence and the Gonerby Moor allocations perform poorly in respect of opportunities to connect to sustainable travel due to their remote location from Grantham town centre and the existing settlement.

Object

Representation ID: 2553

Received: 24/04/2024

Respondent: Hanbury Properties Ltd

Agent: Freeths

The solution is to maintain the overall economic ambition but through a re-distribution of proposed employment land to the south of Grantham. An expansion of the existing allocation (GR-SE1) through the land to the immediate west (reference SKPR-234) would represent a more sustainable focus for employment development, given future growth established by existing SUE/Garden Village allocations and the Grantham Southern Gateway. The expansion of the existing Grantham Southern Gateway allocation to include the SKPR-234 land enjoys full support and endorsement from Buckminster, the landowner of the majority of the Grantham Southern Gateway. SKPR-234 benefits from existing infrastructure and in combination with GR-SE1 would enhance the opportunity to attract major large-scale operators both regionally and nationally.

Object

Representation ID: 2554

Received: 24/04/2024

Respondent: Hanbury Properties Ltd

Agent: Freeths

The Employment Land Study misrepresents the access constraints of SKPR-234, identifying that there is a ‘lack of a suitable access’. This fails to account for the clear strategy for GR-SE1.