Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan

Support

Representation ID: 1749

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

LCC supports the vision, objectives, and overall approach to delivering sustainable growth across South Kesteven. Our county’s land is under unprecedented pressure from development, and while we recognise the benefits it can bring, it must be the right growth in the right place. Matters such as: the value of food production for the nation, the needs of our communities and business as well, as the Infrastructure needs of the county must be balanced. Where the impacts of growth are not appropriately mitigated, Lincolnshire County Council will object to development.

Support

Representation ID: 1750

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

LCC supports the vision, objectives, and overall approach to delivering sustainable growth across South Kesteven. Our county’s land is under unprecedented pressure from development, and while we recognise the benefits it can bring, it must be the right growth in the right place. Matters such as: the value of food production for the nation, the needs of our communities and business as well, as the Infrastructure needs of the county must be balanced. Where the impacts of growth are not appropriately mitigated, Lincolnshire County Council will object to development.

Object

Representation ID: 1751

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

LCC as Highways Authority and Lead Local Flood Authority commented in the preparation of the South Kesteven Site Assessment Report (February 2024). Officers have made a technical assessment of each of the sites based on the information available to date. Any sites classed as minor, moderate or major impact on roads, highways and/or surface water will require mi􀆟ga􀆟on as specified in LCC’s earlier comments. For example: LCC has seen no plans for mi􀆟ga􀆟on for two sites in Great Gonerby or for the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks site and therefore objects to these. Our comments must continue to be taken forward in future drafts of the Local Plan. Unless appropriate and sufficient mitigation is in place, LCC will object to the planning applications.

Object

Representation ID: 1752

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

Learning the lessons from Storms Henk and Babet, surface water management is of paramount importance. Water management needs to be appropriately considered on all allocated sites before they come forward as an application. Unless appropriate and sufficient mitigation is in place, LCC will object to the planning applications.

Object

Representation ID: 1753

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

Agricultural Housing
There does not appear to be a policy addressing agricultural housing either under the essential need for a rural worker (the approach of paragraph 84 of the NPPF) or more significant agricultural workers dwellings. The situation in the Draft Local Plan appears to be that
proposals away from the towns and villages would be judged against Policy SP5 which is unlikely to support such development. LCC would support the inclusion of such more permissive policy for rural housing, where there is a demonstrated rural business need.

Support

Representation ID: 1754

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

LCC welcomes the policy approach in EN2 and elsewhere in the plan to promote biodiversity and geodiversity net gain. Such policies will make a positive contribution to the District’s future.

Support

Representation ID: 1755

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

LCC welcomes the Policy DE1 approach to car parking that is ‘sufficient for the location and type of development’, and that ‘spaces should be easy to use, fit for purpose and large enough to cater for a wide range of users’. specifically, it is supported that each development is
considered on its merits, particularly with relation to location and public transport provision. Where insufficient car parking is proposed, LCC as Highways Authority will object to the relevant planning application.

Object

Representation ID: 1756

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Lincolnshire County Council

Policy ID1, and particularly its final paragraph, is not strong enough within the context of the national Planning Practice Guidance on viability. Moreover, national guidance puts responsibility on site promoters to engage in plan making to ensure that proposals can be policy compliant, accounting for development costs. LCC suggests the final paragraph of ID1 is strengthened to advise that only ‘particular circumstances justify the need for a viability assessment at the application stage’. In making this change, SKDC should consider the Planning Practice Guidance wording and the associated list of ‘particular circumstances’. It is appreciated that it is not possible to identify the precise infrastructure requirements for the whole plan period but LCC welcomes the early consideration of the infrastructure requirements, specifically of the site allocations. This should be considered beyond Highway infrastructure and look at the land holistically in terms of all requirements on the land such as drainage, sewerage, energy and clean water. The IDS will be integral to ensuring the long term sustainability of the plan.