Comment

Representation ID: 23177

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

Policy 7.3 Key Service Centres
8.17 According to the GNLP, the Key Service Centres have a relatively good range of services, access to public transport and employment opportunities and play a
vital role in serving the rural areas. It also identifies that these roles are intended to continue supported by appropriate levels of development.
8.18 However, many are planned to receive disproportionately low levels of development owing to a range of factors. Such constrained rates of growth are likely to compromise the role that these settlements play. In order to support such an unsustainable strategy, it would need to be demonstrated that the constraints identified by the Councils cannot be satisfactorily addressed rather than allowing the sustainability of these settlements to be compromised.
8.19 Policy 7.3 identifies the growth to come forward at Key Service Centres in the plan period up to 2038. The Reg 18 GNLP identifies 3,253 homes and 11.79 hectares of employment land to come forward in the plan period across the Nine Key Service Centres.
8.20 Of the 3,253 homes to be allocated only 515 are new allocations with all other homes being derived from existing allocations or commitments.