Paragraph 119 of the NPPF sets out that ‘planning policies and decisions should promote an effective use of land in meeting the need for homes and other uses, while safeguarding and improving the environment and ensuring safe and healthy living
conditions’.
It is set out in the current consultation that “The role of the Local Plan is to plan positively for the development and infrastructure that the area needs, whilst conserving and enhancing the natural, built and historic environment”.
In order to deliver the Local Plan, it is proposing that the plan is set around strategic objectives. “The objectives will feed into the wording of policies and how sites and different locations are assessed for potential development.
The objectives are presented around broad themes for the environment, communities, economy, and investment in
infrastructure and design that is fit for the future”. This representation supports the use of objectives to deliver the strategic aims of the plan, but wishes to raise the following comments regarding the individual objectives