UPSVLP 2197
Legal objections:
Paragraph 2.9 in the WBC Statement of Community Involvement states that:
2.9 The Council will give notice of the intention to commence work on the preparation of an update to its Local Plan or a more detailed Local Plan document as soon as it is clear as to its scope, purpose and timetable. At this point the Council will also invite consultees to make representations about the proposed content of the Local Plan Document. This will be done by direct notification of all consultees listed in the Statement of Community Involvement.
The Rule 6 Party spent over 12 months alongside the WBC representatives at the Peel Hall planning inquiry and yet there was absolutely no attempt by WBC to involve the Rule 6 Party as a consultee in the period before the revised local plan was released for public scrutiny.
Paragraph 1.19 in the Statement of Community Involvement states that:
1.19 The Localism Act introduced new powers to allow local communities to prepare 'Neighbourhood plans' and ?Neighbourhood development orders? to guide the future development of their areas. In the ?parished? parts of Warrington, this responsibility rests with the Parish or Town Council. In ?un?parished? areas a Neighbourhood Forum needs to be established and approved by the Council to undertake Neighbourhood planning.
None of these actions have ever taken place with respect to the areas where the individual members of the Rule 6 Party currently reside.
The soundness of the proposed development at Peel Hall is opposed by the Rule 6 party on multiple grounds. Members submitted representations concerning Transport, Air Quality, Noise, Hydrology, Climate Change and Ecology. Details of each of these submissions including my own Hydrology and Flood Risk submissions are attached through an upload link as agreed with Michael Bell, Planning Policy and Programmes Manager at Warrington Borough Council.
If Peel Hall remains in the Local Plan following this consultation process then we formally request that all of this material is made available to the inspector.
Peel Hall should be removed form the Local Plan. It is objected to by an overwhelming majority of local people, principally because we can see that the plan is not achievable without damaging local communities.
The substantive part of my submission has been emailed directly to michael.bell@warrington.gov.uk with the title Peel Hall Rule 6 party submission to Local Plan consultation.