Object

Representation ID: 5925

Received: 24/11/2016

Respondent: Hitchin Town Action Group (HTAG)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Support: parts d, f and g of SP8

Object SP8:
-urgent steps should be taken to identify sites for one or more substantial new settlements through Duty to Cooperate with neighbouring authorities.
-Proposals Map:land west of the A1(M)at Stevenage-no exceptional circumstances demonstrated,no reasonable prospect of being required for housing development until well after the currency of the proposed Local Plan-release is premature and should be deferred.
-no cross reference with Section6 Countryside and Green Belt.
-housing targets not sound: figures in SP8a and SP8c - 14,950 should be clear in policy.