Comment

Representation ID: 22450

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Gladman Developments

2.2 Policy: 7.3 Key Service Centres
Growth directed to Poringland
2.2.1 Gladman welcomes the acknowledgement that Key Service Centres will continue to be developed
to enhance their function as places to live and work, and be providers of services to the settlement
and the hinterland. Whilst the level of growth directed to this tier is a minimum, the number of
houses committed to sustainable settlements falls short of the levels needed to meet housing need
and employment needs within the local areas, and the District as a whole.
2.2.2 Though Poringland has taken some growth, providing no new allocations is counterintuitive to the
role Poringland plays in the District. As explained previously, Poringland is a sustainable settlement
with sites readily available and deliverable now, that could provide extensive benefits to the
community and help boost significantly the supply of housing as emphasised through national
policy.
2.2.3 Gladman consider that allocating no new development through the Draft GNLP to a sustainable
settlement such as Poringland will not provide the flexibility needed to ensure land supply is met
over the plan period. The level of new growth to be directed to the settlement should be
substantially increased. 2.2.4 New allocations identified in ‘Key Service Centres’ would increase the flexibility of the Local Plan
and heighten its durability against unpredicted changes which might occur, especially with the
reliance on large strategic sites to deliver. Allocating land for sites at an appropriate scale to the
settlement through the Plan would address the current and future housing needs. Planning for
these sites now would increase deliverability soon after the plan is adopted.