Object

Representation ID: 5965

Received: 24/11/2016

Respondent: Hitchin Town Action Group (HTAG)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Support: for the requirements for higher environmental standards generally stated in policy D1

Object:
-developments should be required to have a distinctive 'character' to avoid creation of anonymous environments. Need for proper reference to creating a distinctive sense of place.

-Policy D1(a)5: developments should address the street with a continuous building line and for the creation of active frontages where appropriate.

-Policy D1(a)7 for developments with a mixture of land uses, forms of tenure and built form - policy HS2 and para 5.29 alone will not achieve the economically and socially sustainable developments.