Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Stage
List Comments
24 comments.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Transport Q39. Are there any other transport issues or challenges that have been missed? How can they be addressed in the Local Plan?
Need to ensure improved public transport, cycle and pedestrian routes.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q48. Do you have any views on our intended approach to flood risk?
We support your approach not to encourage development in flood risk areas within the parish of Bleadon.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q40. Are there any other options for how the Local Plan can deliver self-build and custom housing schemes?
We welcome the principle of requiring a proportion of self-build plots on residential schemes of a certain size.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q49. Do you have any views on our intended approach to development on previously developed land in the countryside? What type of sites may be suitable for residential redevelopment?
We do not agree with the principle of extending the policy to include private residential development only. If economic and general community uses have been ruled out, then community-owned options should be offered, which may include limited community-owned residential.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q41. Do you have any views on the review of affordable housing policies?
Appropriate and affordable housing should be provided throughout the village.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q50. Do you have any views on the conversion of holiday accommodation to residential use in the countryside? What approach should future policies take?
The reuse of isolated rural buildings in the countryside is practical. However, care must be taken to ensure that incremental expansion in the number of buildings in one location does not happen.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q43. Do you have any views on our intended approach to Health Impact Assessments?
We welcome the clarification of HIA and would suggest that the policy include the requirement for practical actions / mitigations at an early stage of any development rather than being left to the final stages, or not delivered at all.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q51. Do you have any views on our approach to minerals?
Must ensure maximum weight is given to human and environmental concerns when considering impacts of mineral extraction.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q44. Should a new policy aspire to net zero carbon new development?
We agree that a new policy should encourage net zero carbon new development.
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| Bruce Poole | 13 Dec 2018 | 1. North Somerset Local Plan 2036: Issues and Options Document Potential new policy areas Q52. What are your views on our proposed policy approach to electric vehicle charging points?
We welcome the proposal to include specific standards regarding vehicle charging points both in new homes and in public areas of commercial developments.
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