Comment

Representation ID: 22859

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Crown Point Estate

Agent: Miss Kate Wood

As noted under question 36 above, independent retail uses are not clarified or accommodated in the Town Centres element of Policy 6. It should be acknowledged that independent businesses have a vital role to play in the vitality and viability of the rural community, and should be accommodated at or close to the edge of villages from which they can draw employees and customers. Such businesses can become destinations for the wider community, but at low numbers, and tend to be relatively localised. We are promoting the allocation of Octagon Farm on the edge of Poringland (a high order settlement), where the present uses of the converted barn can be built upon with additional development that will support that business through linked trips.