Comment

Representation ID: 22815

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Peter Rudd

Agent: Pegasus Planning Group

The provision of land to extend the cemetery is not objected to but it is important that this policy requirement is supported by evidence to justify the scale of the requirement. Our client is happy to work with the adjoining landowners to confirm the appropriate location of that extension and notes the potential for this to be delivered on more than one site within the allocation. Our client would support the exact location of this provision to be clarified through the masterplan process.

Our client supports the intention to protect and enhance existing trees and hedgerows around the site but considers that the policy should reflect that the extent of protection will be determined by the masterplan process rather than a blanket protection as is currently worded. The current wording – taken to extreme – would prevent the delivery of road and pedestrian links through the various parcels within the allocation, which is clearly not the intention of this policy.