Southern Oppose LD1 Southern Water understands Whitchurch Town To meet the basic conditions necessary for a NDP, Mayall Water to protect community facilities. Southern Water propose the following amended Council’s desire However, SW cannot support the current wording wording to policy LD1: of this policy as it could create a barrier to and Cultural facilities and the “Community, Leisure statutory utility providers, such as Southern open spaces as shown in Figure 7.2 will be protected Water, from delivering their essential and retained unless development is essential to meet infrastructure required to serve existing and specific necessary utility infrastructure needs and no planned development. Policy LD1 of the alternative feasible site is available.” Whitchurch Neighbourhood Plan does not meet the basic conditions necessary for a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP), namely: to have regard to national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.
Mayall Southern Water Oppose LD1 Southern Water understands Whitchurch Town Council’s desire to protect community facilities. However, SW cannot support the current wording of this policy as it could create a barrier to statutory utility providers, such as Southern Water, from delivering their essential infrastructure required to serve existing and planned development. Policy LD1 of the Whitchurch Neighbourhood Plan does not meet the basic conditions necessary for a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP), namely: to have regard to national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development. To meet the basic conditions necessary for a NDP, Southern Water propose the following amended wording to policy LD1: “Community, Leisure and Cultural facilities and the open spaces as shown in Figure 7.2 will be protected and retained unless development is essential to meet specific necessary utility infrastructure needs and no alternative feasible site is available.”
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