2 responses from Mr Mike Fleetwood (Individual)
1. Mr Mike Fleetwood (Individual) : 5 Mar 2012 13:05:00
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Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - RN213-mod BRIGSTEER LAND OPPOSITE THE WHEATSHEAF
1.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is legally compliant?
No
1.2 If NO please identify which test of legal compliance your representation relates to by selecting the relevant option(s) below and completing section 1.3.
The processes of community involvement in developing the DPD are not in general accordance of the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
1.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD legally compliant, having regard to the test you have identified at question 1.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
The site has been proposed by the Community Land Trust but that body does not yet have members or elected directors, nor has it taken any steps to ensure it truly represents community opinion in Brigsteer. It is asserted that the Parish Council supports the LDF proposal, yet no response from the Parish Council appears in the responses listed for Brigsteer. It would be much better to remove Site 213 mod from the LD DPD and allow development in Brigsteer to proceed as in other villages via a Neighbourhood Development Plan under the Localism Act.
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
2.2 If NO please identify which test of soundness your representation relates to by selecting the relevant option(s) below and completing section 2.3.
The DPD is not justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
2.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD sound, having regard to the test you have identified at question 2.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
In a questionnaire, a large majority of Brigsteer residents expressed the view that small sites distributed through the village would be preferable to concentrating affordable housing on one site on the periphery. That option has not been explored by SLDC. Nor does the evidence put forward appear accurate. For example, it is incorrect to state that there is no problem with flooding from run off - there is already a problem with storm water running off the road onto existing properties on the south side.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
YES, I wish to participate at the oral examination
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2. Mr Mike Fleetwood (Individual) : 12 Apr 2012 20:55:00
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Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - RN213-mod BRIGSTEER LAND OPPOSITE THE WHEATSHEAF
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
2.2 If NO please identify which test of soundness your representation relates to by selecting the relevant option(s) below and completing section 2.3.
The DPD is not justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
2.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD sound, having regard to the test you have identified at question 2.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
The DPD has selectively cited support from Helsington Community Land Trust and Parish Council but has ignored the evidence of results of the survey of residents of Brigsteer in February 2011, in which 66% of those on the electoral roll participated. That survey showed that 73% disageed that up to 13 houses, at least 35% affordable, should be built on site RN213 and at 95% preferred affordable housing should be integrated into the community on smaller sites. In a specially convened meeting on 10 April 2012, electors of the parish again rejected the proposal to build on RN213 (amended in the DPD to 7 houses) by 31 votes to 20. The DPD is unsound because it has not taken into account the declared opposition of electors of Brigsteer to building on site RN213.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
YES, I wish to participate at the oral examination
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