Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1283
Received: 08/07/2008
SMPCT supports the principle that higher densities should be achieved on more sustainable sites. To ensure that the maximum number of residential units is delivered to previously developed sites, SMPCT recommends that the preferred approach requires that development proposals achieve the maximum intensity of use compatible with the local context. This approach would be consistent with guidance set out paragraphs 49 and 50 of PPS3 and is also recognised by the Council in the supporting text (paragraph 16.13).
SMPCT considers that in order to provide certainty to developers, the Council should be more specific to whether additional guidance on internal space standards will be prepared and the timescales for its preparation.