Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Object

Representation ID: 2882

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mr John Barry

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Object on the following grounds:
loss of green belt which is contrary to government policy;
no provision for local employment;
no additional parking provision at Letchworth railway station; and
loss of heritage assets, including medieval hedgerows and deposits of pre-ice age gravel.

Object

Representation ID: 2885

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mr John Barry

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Local Plan may be legally unsound because:
the Plan is open to legal challenge on the grounds that its approval by councillors was not impartial;
NHDC cannot be regarded as impartial as it stands to benefit from the New Homes Bonus and additional Council Tax receipts; and
NHDC may not have acted impartially as the Local Enterprise Partnership exists to encourage growth in their areas.