Response from Miss Ellen Bernfield (Individual)
1. Miss Ellen Bernfield (Individual) : 25 Nov 2017 16:09:00
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1.1 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be legally compliant?
Yes
1.3 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be sound?
Yes
1.5 Please give details of why you consider the DPD is not legally compliant or is unsound or fails to comply with the Duty to Cooperate. Please be as precise as possible.
If you wish to support the legal compliance or soundness of the DPD or its compliance with the Duty to Cooperate, please also use this box to set out your comments.
I support the proposed DPD for the Arnside & Silverdale AONB and recommend its acceptance as drafted. In particular, my support is based on the following points;
* I compliment the officers of both South Lakeland District & Lancaster City Councils and the staff of the Arnside & Silverdale AONB team on a thorough document which clearly states the national policies and land use criteria applicable to the AONB with protection of the landscape as the overriding objective,
* it selects development sites which are consistent with those policies and protects the general open character of the settlements within the AONB Landscape as well as meeting other key criteria,
*it recognises that development should only be permitted to fulfil essential local needs,
* it further states that the main essential local need is that for affordable housing,
* it sets a ratio of affordable versus market housing development which is consistent with all the relevant criteria for the AONB.
While I understand that achieving this ratio will be challenging for commercial developers and may make some sites inappropriate for commercial development, I also maintain that commercial development within the AONB is not appropriate unless it produces a very high yield of affordable housing. To do otherwise would sacrifice highly valued landscape for no benefit to meeting essential local needs.
I also understand that there are good prospects that bodies such as housing associations will step in to finance affordable housing needs.
For these reasons I strongly recommend that the DPD should be considered “sound”.
2.1 If your representation is seeking a modification, do you wish to participate at the oral part of the Examination?
No, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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