Warlands Lane Consultation Thursday 27th November 2014 7pm at Shalfleet Village Hall -UPDATE-1 +2
Update 2 -- I have looked through this in more detail having read the briefing notes for next Tuesday's Planning Committee meeting. At that meeting there are two new documents being presented to the Council for the first(?) time. These appear to supersede local needs forecasts and are considerably more objective as well as complying with central government methodology.
The Planning Statement housing needs hinges on the Shalfleet Parish Housing Needs Survey which has been superseded by the IWC documents “Update of Objectively Assessed Housing Need, August 2014 Isle of Wight Council” The Employment Rate Assumptions places the need for the Affordable Housing proportion at the very top of the Islandwide projections. i.e. the Affordable element is considerably underestimated.
It could be argued that the Planning Statement and indeed the entire design has been rendered outdated and no longer required. I shall ask a question at Tuesday's Planning Committee meeting whether these policy documents, having been adopted, now take precedence over local Housing Needs Surveys and how this is fits with adopted Neighbourhood Plans (e.g. Bembridge). Note: Shalfleet does not have an adopted Neighbourhood Plan, merely the amateur document produced by Shalfleet Parish Council in 2013 in my opinion without adequate professional input.
See:
http://www.iwight.com/Meetings/committees/Planning%20Committee%20from%202013/25-11-14/BACKGROUND%20PAPER%20C%20-%20ANNEX%201.pdf
http://www.iwight.com/Meetings/committees/Planning%20Committee%20from%202013/25-11-14/BACKGROUND%20PAPER%20C%20-%20ANNEX%201.pdf
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This letter has just come through to me from the IWC Planning Department by email. Presumably I received it as I had left a comment last time. Frankly it looks odd that the documents are available for inspection at Seaclose offices now but will not be available online until 28th November - particularly since the consultation is on the 27th! I should have thought that accessibility is an issue, for those who cannot readily get to the Seaclose offices. If anyone would like to view them and would be kind enough to let me have a copy I will publish them here. If they won't give you access to copying or an e-version you could use your phone. I will take the data in whatever form you have it, just drop it in to me or email it.The Planning Statement housing needs hinges on the Shalfleet Parish Housing Needs Survey which has been superseded by the IWC documents “Update of Objectively Assessed Housing Need, August 2014 Isle of Wight Council” The Employment Rate Assumptions places the need for the Affordable Housing proportion at the very top of the Islandwide projections. i.e. the Affordable element is considerably underestimated.
It could be argued that the Planning Statement and indeed the entire design has been rendered outdated and no longer required. I shall ask a question at Tuesday's Planning Committee meeting whether these policy documents, having been adopted, now take precedence over local Housing Needs Surveys and how this is fits with adopted Neighbourhood Plans (e.g. Bembridge). Note: Shalfleet does not have an adopted Neighbourhood Plan, merely the amateur document produced by Shalfleet Parish Council in 2013 in my opinion without adequate professional input.
See:
http://www.iwight.com/Meetings/committees/Planning%20Committee%20from%202013/25-11-14/BACKGROUND%20PAPER%20C%20-%20ANNEX%201.pdf
http://www.iwight.com/Meetings/committees/Planning%20Committee%20from%202013/25-11-14/BACKGROUND%20PAPER%20C%20-%20ANNEX%201.pdf
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UPDATE: NTA Planning have come back to me very fast with 66 pages of documentation. I haven't been through it yet. It's probably easiest for you to download it to your hard drive then open in Adobe Reader but you can read it from the Scribd panel below.
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