HT10 Former B&Q site

Object

Representation ID: 3656

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Keep Hitchin Special

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Object HT10:
- unsound:benefits of current use with own car park omitted from NLP Retail Survey, weakening of retail provision through allocation for housing not been considered within Local Plan.
- inconsistent with proposal to increase retail provision (HT11&HT12)
- concentration of additional retail - intensify transport problems and parking
- retain HT10 for large convenience store
- cannot propose effective phasing to ensure additional retail space has been provided in the town centre before retail space lost on HT10
- benefits from retaining current retail use omitted from NLP Retail Survey and the Plan
- inconsistent with SP4f.