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Representation ID: 300

Received: 11/10/2019

Respondent: Barton PC, Thrumpton PM, Lark Hill RA, Clifton Village RA, SAVE

Number of people: 5

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SO5, SO6 and SO7
We are supportive of the strategic objectives dealing with minimising impacts on local communities (SO5), protecting and enhancing natural assets (SO6) and protecting and enhancing historic assets (SO7). However, the Minerals Local Plan is unsound because these objectives are not applied in the development and application of the site appraisal and allocation methodology. The goal of developing an appropriate and sustainable spatial distribution of sites (SO1) overrides the goals set out in SOs 5, 6 and 7. Moreover the goal of promoting sustainable modes of transport (SO1) is not applied as a consideration in the site allocation process
A sustainable spatial distribution of sites is not one which is simply determined by proximity to market and transport costs. Indeed, it can be argued that given that potential developers are probably better informed about the geography of the market and the economics of working a site than NCC, then it can be assumed that all the sites put forward by extraction companies are equally economically viable. In developing a Minerals Local Plan the goal of developing a sustainable spatial distribution is therefore dependent upon ensuring that of the sites allocated, those selected have the least impact on wider sustainability goals.