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Object
Hastings Development Management Plan Proposed Submission Version
Representation ID: 5422
Received: 15/04/2013
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Too prescriptive to set minimum unit sizes, which interestingly far exceed those required by HQI's referenced at 2.17. Forcing developers to provide larger units will simply drive up the sales price of properties, making them even more out of the price reach of purchasers. Private purchasers are not forced to buy a particular home and as such should have the option to pay less for smaller properties if they so wish. The constraints of a site may dictate the need for smaller units. No mention of the impact of poor "useability" of large units, unit size does not guarantee comfort.
Too prescriptive to set minimum unit sizes, which interestingly far exceed those required by HQI's referenced at 2.17. Forcing developers to provide larger units will simply drive up the sales price of properties, making them even more out of the price reach of purchasers. Private purchasers are not forced to buy a particular home and as such should have the option to pay less for smaller properties if they so wish. The constraints of a site may dictate the need for smaller units. No mention of the impact of poor "useability" of large units, unit size does not guarantee comfort.
Object
Hastings Development Management Plan Proposed Submission Version
Representation ID: 5636
Received: 15/04/2013
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The existing adopted Local Plan does not contain any minimum space standards and the Council has produced no evidence that this has given rise to poor standards of housing accommodation. To introduce such a policy without any sound justification would be too prescriptive and too inflexible in its operation. Such a policy could restrict new housing in a known area of high housing demand.
The existing adopted Local Plan does not contain any minimum space standards and the Council has produced no evidence that this has given rise to poor standards of housing accommodation. To introduce such a policy without any sound justification would be too prescriptive and too inflexible in its operation. Such a policy could restrict new housing in a known area of high housing demand.