Overall support is given for the distribution of housing growth in as much as it focuses the bulk of development on the District's largest town, Yeovil and on the market towns which demonstrate better access to jobs, services and facilities and which in turn helps to reduce the need to travel, where housing needs are better met and where rural settlements can be better protected. Support is also given for the enhanced status of Langport/Huish Episcopi from a Rural Centre to a Local Market Town

The Direction of Strategic Growth has not been adequately or appropriately identified. Please see text below and the attached in support of this statement, the supporting documentation: * 'Land at Newtown Road, Langport: Landscape and Visual Baseline Report' April 2012 prepared by Floyd Matcham (Dorset) Ltd; and * The Sustainability Comparison of the Options for Growth in Langport/Huish Episcopi. Land to the North West of Langport/Huish Episcopi: There is a strong case for extending the Prop

Objection on the basis that the scale of housing growth within the District has been reduced. This is a reduction on the Proposed South West RSS requirement based on further local evidence; and reduced again, being linked to employment growth which is reduced due to the current economic climate. * No reference is made to the most recent population projections just released. * No account has been taken of cross boundary issues and how to deal with the implications of potential under provision a

Objection is made to the inclusion of sites 'Allocated (but without permission)': Tables 4 and 5 and Policy SS5 identify the residual number of dwellings to be allocated within the new Local Plan. Reference is made to 53 dwellings which are 'allocated (but without permission). It is not clear as to what this refers to. If they are existing allocations which have not yet gained planning permission, then there is a significant question as to whether they are deliverable and developable as defined

The Direction of Strategic Growth has not been adequately or appropriately identified. Please see text below and the attached in support of this statement, the supporting documentation: * 'Land at Newtown Road, Langport: Landscape and Visual Baseline Report' April 2012 prepared by Floyd Matcham (Dorset) Ltd; and * The Sustainability Comparison of the Options for Growth in Langport/Huish Episcopi. Land to the North West of Langport/Huish Episcopi: There is a strong case for extending the Prop

Objection on the basis that the scale of housing growth within the District has been reduced. This is a reduction on the Proposed South West RSS requirement based on further local evidence; and reduced again, being linked to employment growth which is reduced due to the current economic climate. * No reference is made to the most recent population projections just released. * No account has been taken of cross boundary issues and how to deal with the implications of potential under provision a

Objection is made to the inclusion of sites 'Allocated (but without permission)': Tables 4 and 5 and Policy SS5 identify the residual number of dwellings to be allocated within the new Local Plan. Reference is made to 53 dwellings which are 'allocated (but without permission). It is not clear as to what this refers to. If they are existing allocations which have not yet gained planning permission, then there is a significant question as to whether they are deliverable and developable as defined

Objection on the basis that the scale of housing growth within the District has been reduced. This is a reduction on the Proposed South West RSS requirement based on further local evidence; and reduced again, being linked to employment growth which is reduced due to the current economic climate. * No reference is made to the most recent population projections just released. * No account has been taken of cross boundary issues and how to deal with the implications of potential under provision a

Paragraph 4.115 confirms that there are no overriding infrastructure issues associated with any of the proposed scale or locations of growth. Differing cost implications can be secured either through the s106 mechanism or the future introduction of CIL.

It is a requirement of the NPPF that Local Plans should be prepared with the objective of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development (paragraph 151). The Planning Inspectorate has suggested that all Local Plans should contain a policy which clearly sets out this objective and have prepared a model policy for this purpose. Policy SD1 has been based on the Model Policy but does not replicate it exactly. Whilst the model policy is just that – a model, it has been carefully pr