ANNEX A
LIST OF MATTERS AND PARTICIPANTS
MATTER 1 : OVERALL STRATEGY
1. Does the Plan adequately
reflect national and emerging regional planning guidance and provide a clear and comprehensive strategy
for future development?
a) Does Strategy Policy 1 adequately reflect
the Government's broad objectives for sustainable development, and is it compatible with the sustainability
objectives set out in emerging Regional Planning Guidance for the East Midlands?
b)
Does Strategy Policy 1 and the supporting text provide a clear and explicit set of overall aims and
objectives from which the policies in the rest of the Plan flow coherently?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Blaby
District Council
Charnwood Borough Council
North West
Leicestershire District Council
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
House
Builders Federation
Chetwood Planning representing Birstall Parish Council
Development
Land and Planning Consultants
Desford Village Appraisal Group
English
Heritage
English Nature
David Tydesley Associates
representing the Countryside Agency
CPRE
Leicestershire
Institute of Directors
Viridor Waste Management Ltd
Sport
England
Hallam Land Management
Society for the Protection
of Rutland
John Herington Associates representing Burbage Parish Council
MATTER 2 : LOCATIONAL STRATEGY
2. Do the Plan's locational
strategy and priorities provide an appropriate policy framework for achieving a more sustainable pattern
of development?
a) Is the Central Leicestershire Policy Area (CLPA -
proposed new Strategy Policy 2) an appropriate policy tool for establishing a strategic distribution
of development? Is the scale of the development proposed in the CLPA appropriate and feasible in the
context of the Strategy as a whole?
b) Does the sequential approach set out
in proposed new Strategy Policy 3 adequately reflect National and emerging Regional Planning Guidance
and does it provide a feasible and appropriate means of guiding the location of all forms of development?
Should the Plan promote transport corridors as a policy tool to achieve sustainable development, and
should reference to such corridors be included in the Policy?
c) Does Strategy
Policy 4 give sufficient guidance on the location, number and scale of strategic greenfield sites? Does
it clearly set out the balance and relationship between Housing Policy 3 and Employment Policy 2? Is
it consistent with the sequential approach as set out in proposed new Strategy Policy 3?
Participants:
Leicestershire County Council
Leicester City
Council
Rutland County Council District Council
Government
Office for the East Midlands
Blaby District Council
Charnwood
Borough Council
Harborough District Council
Hinckley
and Bosworth Borough Council
Melton Borough Council
North
West Leicestershire District Council
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
South
Kesteven District Council
David Tydesley Associates representing the Countryside
Agency
House Builders Federation
RPS Chapman Warren
representing David Wilson Estates / Wilson Bowden Developments
Redrow Homes
Samuel
Rose representing various clients
Miller Homes
David
Lock Associates representing Ensor Holdings Plc / Gazeley Properties
Blackfordby
and Boothorpe Action Group
Transport 2000
Community
and Regional Planning Services representing the CPRE
English Nature
William
Davis Ltd
Society for the Protection of Rutland
Derek
Lovejoy Partnership representing J S Bloor
John Herington Associates representing
Burbage Matters
MATTER 3 : THE COUNTRYSIDE AND OPEN AREAS OF
LAND
3. Does the Plan provide appropriate guidance on the
protection of, and development within, Green Wedges, Areas of Separation and the Countryside?
a)
Does Strategy Policy 6 (Land Uses in Green Wedges) provide an appropriate policy tool to contain and
shape future patterns of urban development and thereby protect open areas of land which fulfil important
functions in preventing the coalescence of settlements, providing recreation facilities, and preserving
landscape and wildlife links? Is there sufficiently clear distinction between Green Wedges and the Areas
of Separation (revised Strategy Policy 8)?
b) Are the general locations for
green wedges proposed in Strategy Policy 7 the most appropriate, or are there others which merit being
added to the list.
c) Does proposed revised Strategy Policy 9, together with
the Plan as a whole, provide a framework for development in the countryside which is consistent with
sustainable development objectives and the Rural White Paper?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Blaby
District Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Harborough
District Council
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Melton
Borough Council
North West Leicestershire District Council
Oadby
& Wigston Borough Council
Braunstone Town Council
John
Herington Associates representing Burbage Parish Council
David Tydesley Associates
representing the Countryside Agency
House Builders Federation
Redrow
Homes
Samuel Rose representing various clients
CPRE
Development Land and Planning Consultants representing Persimmon Homes
English
Nature
Society for the Protection of Rutland
Friends
of the Earth
Westbury Homes
Sport England
MATTER
4 : HOUSING
4. For how many dwellings should the Plan make
provision? Is the proposed distribution of dwelling provision appropriate?
a)
Are the Structure Plan housing provision figures (Housing Policy 1) consistent with those proposed in
the emerging Regional Planning Guidance for the East Midlands, and do they adequately
reflect the pattern of housing requirements within the Plan area?
b) Is the
Plan's strategic approach to urban capacity realistic, achievable and consistent with the Plans overall
strategy and objectives. Within this context is an appropriate quantity, distribution and phasing of
additional greenfield housing land proposed (in Housing Policies 2 and 3)?
c)
Should land already allocated for housing in local plans be regarded as a commitment, and can all this
land be assumed to be in locations that are consistent with the Plan's overall strategy and objectives?
d)
Does the Plan contain satisfactory guidance on the provision of affordable housing?
Does
the Plan contain satisfactory guidance on housing densities?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Blaby
District Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Harborough
District Council
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Melton
Borough Council
North West Leicestershire District Council
Oadby
& Wigston Borough Council
Sileby Parish Council
David
Tydesley Associates representing the Countryside Agency
House Builders Federation
Development Land and Planning Consultants representing Persimmon Homes
Samuel
Rose Ltd for various clients
Roger Tym and Partners representing Wilcon Homes
William
Davis Ltd
Community and Regional Planning Services representing the CPRE
Society
for the Protection of Rutland
Melton Mowbray and District Civic Society
RPS
Chapman Warren representing David Wilson Estates / Wilson Bowden Developments
Hallam
Land Management
Derek Lovejoy representing J S Bloor
Burbage
Matters
Freethcartwright representing Westbury Homes
Redrow
Homes
MATTER 5 : EMPLOYMENT
5.
Does the Plan provide an appropriate strategic framework to meet the employment needs of Leicestershire,
Leicester & Rutland?
a) Are the Plan's policies on employment and
the economy consistent with the guidance in the emerging Regional Planning Guidance and with economic
growth prospects in the Plan area, taking into account the East Midlands Development Agency's Regional
Economic Strategy and the Leicestershire Economic Strategy?
b) Is the allocation
of employment land in Employment Policies 1 and 2 appropriate and consistent with the overall Strategy
objectives and is employment land adequately protected? Should employment sites already allocated be
regarded as commitments?
c) Is the Plan's approach to development in the vicinity
of Junction 23A/24/24A of the M1 (proposed revised Strategy Policy 17) consistent with the emerging
Regional Planning Guidance?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Blaby
District Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Harborough
District Council
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Melton
Borough Council
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
North
West Leicestershire District Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
House
Builders Federation
William Davis Ltd
RPS Chapman
Warren representing David Wilson Estates / Wilson Bowden Developments
Gouldens
representing Arlington Securities
Freethcartwright Solicitors representing
Donington Park Estates
Community and Regional Planning Services representing
the CPRE
PAIN
WINGS
Transport
2000
East Midlands Development Agency
Leicestershire
Chamber of Commerce
Leicestershire Institute of Directors
Hallam
Land Management
David Lock Associates representing Gazeley Properties
MATTER
6 : ENVIRONMENT
6. Does the Plan provide clear and comprehensive policies for protecting and enhancing environmental and cultural assets?
Do
proposed new Environment Policies 3 and 3A adequately protect and improve biodiversity?
Is the Plan's approach to Strategic River Corridors, as set out in proposed new Strategy Policy 19, consistent with national guidance and the emerging Regional Planning Guidance?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Charnwood
Borough Council
Harborough District Council
Melton
Borough Council
North West Leicestershire District Council
Viridor
Waste Management Ltd
Development Land and Planning Consultants
The
Countryside Agency
English Nature
English Heritage
Environment
Agency
Sport England
RSPB
CPRE
Friends
of the Earth
Society for the Protection of Rutland
MATTER
7 : ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPORT
7. To what extent do Strategy
Policy 5 and the Accessibility and Transport policies support the Plan's overall strategy and set the
framework for a more sustainable transport system?
a) Do the transport
policies provide an adequate framework for the development of a more sustainable transport system which
will support the overall strategic objectives of the Plan?
b) Is the approach
to parking provision (in Accessibility and Transport Policies 7 and 8) consistent with government guidance
and with the emerging Regional Planning Guidance? Do these policies strike the right balance between
encouraging modal shift, and supporting the viability and vitality of centres?
c)
Should any major transport schemes be added to or omitted from the explanatory memorandum text?
Participants:
Leicestershire
County Council
Leicester City Council
Rutland County
Council District Council
Government Office for the East Midlands
Blaby
District Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Harborough
District Council
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Melton
Borough Council
North West Leicestershire District Council
Oadby
& Wigston Borough Council
Derbyshire County Council
Nottinghamshire
County Council
House Builders Federation
Development
Land and Planning Consultants
RPS Chapman Warren representing David Wilson
Estates / Wilson Bowden Developments
Railtrack plc
David
Loveday representing Cawrey Ltd
East Midlands Airport
Cyclists
Touring Club
Transport 2000
CPRE
Melton
Mowbray and District Civic Society
Caldecott Parish Council
Councillor
Ronald Clements
Midland Mainline
Page Last Updated: 20 September 2001
