The Charltons Parish Council's comments on SSDC Local Plan Review 2016 to 2036 Housing The Charltons fall into the new category of 'Villages'. This requires a growth in housing stock of 8% over the period of the Plan. At this time there is a residual requirement for 722 new homes. However, there is nothing to prevent all these being built in one Village. It is essential that there are safeguards that restrict growth in any Village to the 8% overall requirement, with a permitted variant of ±1%.

Ref 5.55, P42 The plan identifies that South Somerset expects around 9,360 new jobs to be created between 2016 and 2036. The plan also highlights the intent to build 15,538 new houses in the same timeframe. With an average of one person of working age per household (we think this may be on the low side) there is likely to be a significant delta between migration into the area and the ability to provide work. How do they correlate? The South West attracts a lot of retired folk and does not hav

KP Ltd. are in agreement with paragraph 5.60 which states that the tou rism sector in South Somerset is long established and that further growth in this sector of the economy will be supported through the Local Plan.

* What evidence is there that Brexit will lead to growth in the food and drink sector (5.57)? This is not consistent with official concerns about its impact, and would be speculative at best.

Paragraphs 5.66 and 8.47 We support an increase in employment land allocation. We are very concerned that the net daily out-commute to work from the village, now about 80%, makes Martock increasingly economically unsustainable. We favour extensions of employment sites such as Stoke Road and Bower Hinton where transport links to the A303 are best. We note, with support, that planning permission has been granted for a considerable expansion of the capacity of the Sparrows site north of the B3165