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The Soundness of the Submitted Core Strategy in The Wiltshire Local Development Framework Working towards a Core Strategy for Wiltshire Representations received on focussed consultation with officer comments Representations about Wiltshire Core Strategy NPPF November 2012 Table of Contents Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers ........................................1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 Background ..............................................................................................................................1 How to use this document ........................................................................................................1 Tables of Respondents .........................................................................................................2 Table 1 Individuals ...................................................................................................................2 Table 2 Organisations ..............................................................................................................2 Table of Representations ......................................................................................................4 Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Introduction This document is one of five documents that set out the response to the Focused Consultation on the Wiltshire Core Strategy that took place 20 September 2012 to 1 November 2012. It relates to representations received about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Background Wiltshire Council submitted the Wiltshire Core Strategy to the Secretary of State on 10 July 2012 for the purpose of initiating an independent public examination. Following submission, the Inspector, appointed by the Secretary of State to examine the Wiltshire Core Strategy, requested that the Council undertake further focussed consultation on: • the schedules of proposed changes; • the updated Sustainability Appraisal; and • the soundness of the submitted Core Strategy in the context of the final version of the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers, which were published after the Pre-Submission Document. In addition, it was considered that there may have been confusion during the last consultation whereby some individuals may have thought that comments were only sought on changes within the Wiltshire Core Strategy Pre-Submission Document (February 2012) when compared to its predecessor, rather than the document as a whole. Those individuals who did not make representations on part or all of the Pre-Submission Document for this reason were invited to do so during this consultation. Full details of this consultation can be found on the Wiltshire Council website at: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planninganddevelopment/planningpolicy/wiltshirecorestrategy/wilt shirecorestrategyfocussedconsultation.htm How to use this document The document is in two parts as follows: Part 1: Tables of Respondents The first table is a directory of ‘individual’ respondents in alphabetic order (by surname) with their representation(s) ID listed to help identity who has responded and where to find their representation. Representations are listed in ‘representation ID’ order in Part 2. The second table lists in alphabetical order organisations who have responded including representation ID number Part 2: Table of Representations The document then includes every full representation listed in representation ID order. 1 Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Table of Respondents: Table 1 Individuals Individual Objective Person ID Representation ID/s Attwood, Mr Phillip 706245 1615 Dewar Durie, Mr Christian 470041 2165 Drewett, Mrs Verity 704513 2166 Gibbons, Mr D 646289 1602 Mackay, Ms Marilyn 479292 1948 McCall, Mr K J 402907 1823 McDonic, Mr George 700075 1171, 1172 Spickernell, Mrs C 402713 1185, 1210, 1223, 1229 Valatin, Martin 549642 1289 Table of Respondents: Table 2 Organisations Objective Person Representation Organisation Contact ID ID/s Barratt Bristol 550870 1154, 1156, 1157 Barratt Development Plc Sutcliffe, Mr Jeremy 558007 1654, 1655 Barton Wilmore Various Porter, Mr Jonathon 647600 1942 Clients 1649, 1651, 1652, Bath and North East Somerset de Beer, Mr S 391685 1653 Blanefield Property Co 449253 1057 Campaign for Better Transport, Raggett, Campaign 1765, 1766, 1767, Bristol and Bath Travel to Work for Better Transport 466498 1843, 1844, 1853 Area JD 1914, 1916, 1918, Campaign to Protect Rural 1919, 1920, 1921, McDonic, Mr George 449363 England - Wiltshire Branch 1934, 1937, 1940, 1955 Chippenham 2020 549066 1761 Cotswolds Ecological Networks Smith, Mr Simon 693482 270 Partnership Crest Strategic Projects Limited 392725 1631, 1632, 1635 & Redcliffe Homes Ltd Cricklade Town Council Parker, Mrs Shelley 466990 963 D J Raker Ltd and Cooper 640010 1825, 1826 Estates Defence Infrastructure Limbrick, Mr Mark 709143 1917 Organisation ECOS (East of Chippenham Open Space Community Perry, Mr Steven 640527 2117 Group) 2 Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Objective Person Representation Organisation Contact ID ID/s Friends of Woolley Ellis-King, Mrs Gillian 704446 1287, 1320 1988, 1989, 1990, Georgia Developments 402459 1991, 1995, 1996, (Wessex)Limited 1997, 1998 Gladman Developments McGrath, Miss Helen 704690 1238 Gleeson Strategic Land 556587 1693 Gleeson Strategic Land Ltd 548930 1683 Hallam Land Management & 644496 1817 Bloor Homes Hallam Land Mangement 645345 1732 Hannick Homes and 640703 1582, 1603 Developments Ltd Highways Agency Fairfield, Gaye 704933 1450 Hill Group Linited Henderson, Alex 700302 573 Home Builders Federation Ltd Stevens, James 412722 1696, 1701 HPH Ltd 556098 1773 Keron Countryside Consultants Kernon, Mr T 391820 1963 Lydiard Millicent Parish Council Blackmore, Mr Tim 705373 1519, 1520 MJ Gleeson Ltd Gleeson Ltd, MJ 706623 1647, 1679 Natural England Routh, Charles 382216 1785, 1786 New Forest National Park Patton, Helen 382305 1036 Authority North Wessex Downs AONB Lord, Mr Andrew 472647 960 Endowment Oxford University Endowment Management, 642979 1742 Management Oxford University Redcliffe Homes Ltd Jones, Emma 556922 1643, 1644, 1645 Redrow Homes 704496 1306 Salisbury Campaign for Better Willmot, Ms 406262 895, 896, 1094 Transport Margaret Taylor Wimpey 556596 1707 The Crown Estate 404496 1845 The Theatres Trust Freeman, Rose 382240 1894 West Ashton Parish Council Hackett, Mrs Carol 389494 1954 White Horse Alliance Kinnersly, Mr Patrick 487991 1604, 1629, 1763 WM Morrison Supermarkets 449445 1228 PLC Woodland Trust Milward, Mr Justin 549174 1063 3 Representations about the conformity of Wiltshire Core Strategy with the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning policy for travellers Consultee Agent Mr Simon Smith Secretary Person ID: Rep. 270 ID: Cotswolds Ecological Networks Partnership Secretary Person ID: 693482 Please give details of I am commenting on behalf of the Cotswolds Ecological Networks Partnership (The Partnership) of which the Cotswolds Conservation Board is a your concerns about the member and I am the secretary. The Partnership has asked me to comment in respect of the recognition of Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs) within conformity of the your core strategy as its area is coincident with the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). submitted core strategy with the NPPF/Planning The Partnership has 50 members representing 29 organisations with an agreed purpose of working together to achieve and sustain coherent and policy for traveller sites. robust ecological networks across the Cotswolds. Membership includes; local authorities, community organisations, landowners the private sector and conservation organisations. The Partnership has agreed two NIA's for the Cotswolds AONB; The Cotswolds Scarp NIA and the Cotswolds Valleys NIA. This is in accordance with paragraph 2.27 of the Natural Environment White Paper (2011) which states; "...we will enable partnerships of local authorities, local communities and landowners, the private sector and conservation organisations to establish new Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs), based on a local assessment of opportunities for restoring and connecting nature on a significant scale. We want to see NIAs wherever the opportunities or benefits are greatest, driven by the knowledge and vision of local partners." The NIA's have been drawn up using the South West Nature Map in conjunction with the Cotswolds AONB Landscape Character Assessment and local expertise. The Cotswolds Scarp NIA and the Cotswolds Valleys NIA both coincide with the area your authority has responsibility for (a map has previously been sent to the planning department and I will attempt to attach it as a supporting document). Paragraph 117 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that; planning policies should "identify & map components of the ecological networks",
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