Comment

Representation ID: 22175

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

Master planning
4.15 Community engagement prior to submitting an application is supported. However, Policy 2 identifies master planning using a recognised community engagement process for schemes of more than 200 dwellings will be encouraged. It is not clear what is meant by such a master planning process and clarity would be welcomed.
4.16 It is considered likely that such a master planning process would exceed the requirements of each of the joint authorities existing adopted Statements of Community Involvement and also goes beyond the requirements of paragraphs 39 to 41 of the NPPF and the PPG (20-010).
4.17 Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the masterplan outcomes of such a community engagement process will be considered appropriate or acceptable by the local authority as there is no mechanism for validating the outcomes of the process pre-submission. This could result in difficulties for all parties at the application stage should masterplan amendments be required as a result of statutory and internal local authority consultations post submission.