Policy HS4: Supported, Sheltered and Older Persons Housing:
The second part of the policy is objected to. This is because it requires the provision, on sites of 100 units or more, of an element of accommodation under Class C3 and, on strategic sites, an element of accommodation of Class C2. It is inappropriate to 'require' such provision without there being a proven local demand for such accommodation in the immediate locality, coupled to named providers of such accommodation who are prepared to acquire land for these purposes from the land owner and/or house builder developing the site. Further, an in particular, it is not the role of a Local Plan or a Local Planning Authority to force a land owner and /or house builder to sell part of their site to a provider of Class C2 and C3 accommodation.

If there is a proven local need for such accommodation and an appropriate provider were to approach a land owner and/or house builder to acquire part of a larger site this is a matter purely for the parties concerned and must be commercially driven.