Response Support the Policy Intentions without comment within the following; DM1 Flooding and Drainage DM19 Green Infrastructure DM30 Off-airport car parking DM31 High quality design and place making DM37 Residential development within settlement boundaries in existing residential areas and on garden land DM45-47 Dwellings in the countryside DM48 Strategic Gaps DM55 Agricultural and landbased rural business development in the countryside DM57 Equestrian development DM74 Undesignated gr

Policy DM 30: Off-airport car parking We generally support and welcome policy DM30 but we are concerned that without an upper limit on car parking spaces the policy could result in perverse results if applied to larger overnight accommodation establishments, such as hotels. The policy is intended to apply to guest houses and bed and breakfasts and therefore it should be subject to an appropriate maximum limit of, say, 15 car parking spaces. Car parking at establishments larger than this should

Suitable off airport parking should be actively encouraged to provide a shuttle service to and from the airport thereby reducing the need to increase parking in the already traffic congested roads to and from the airport.

Long Ashton Parish Council questions why the Airport effectively has a monopoly on Airport users parking.