UPSVLP 2354
Has failed to adequately meet its statement of community involvement.
The plan has been prepared using out of date information, identifies some issues but fails to state what those issues are and how they will be addressed, fails to adequately identify the impact on current infrastructure and how it will be improved to accommodate the increased number of houses, traffic and population. The plan suggests that further empirical assessments and investigations will need to be carried out. However, there is no indication that these have taken place or what the outcome of them are.
There is a lack of evidence to show that the Council has engaged constructively with neighbouring authorities and has used relevant information to inform and support its proposals and any subsequent impact on local areas and infrastructure.
In The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) the Pre-Production Stage - Evidence Gathering section states:
2.1 The council has to maintain up to date information from survey and evidence gathering in order to underpin the preparation of its planning policies and proposals. The monitoring of this information is one of the key indicators of a need to prepare or review a Local Plan document.
It is clear that in formulating the current revised plan Warrington Council has failed to maintain up to date information from survey and evidence gathering in order to underpin the preparation of its planning policies and proposals.
Regarding the Settlement Profiles for the Outlying Settlements published in July 2017 and the Site Assessment Proformas - Site Selection dated 27 November 2018. Some of the information in these documents are inaccurate and/or out of date. Some information provided is vague and there is some lack of consistency between these documents and the Revised Local Plan. There needs to be clear and up to date supporting evidence to underpin the proposals and and show how the impact of the proposals will be addressed and resolved.
This document provides full details, explanations and comments of my response to the Revised Local Plan.