MM72

Replace entire policy with the following:

The West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan has been made and:

(i) Identifies the settlement boundary for West Bergholt;

(ii) Identifies specific sites for housing allocations needed to deliver 120 dwellings

(iii) Sets out policies needed to support this housing delivery i.e. housing mix, type of housing and density for each site allocated for housing;

(iv) Identifies other allocations in the Parish, including employment and open space; and

(iv) identifies the infrastructure requirements to support new development.


Proposals for development outside of the settlement boundary will not be supported unless the Neighbourhood Plan or other Local Plan policy specifically allows for it.


All development proposals in West Bergholt parish will be determined against and be required to comply with policies in the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan and any relevant Local Plan policies.

Reason: Following the recent NEEB appeal decision for the land adjacent to Armoury Road, it was decided by the Planning Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council that a modification to MM72, Colchester’s Policy SS15, would strengthen West Bergholt’s Neighbourhood Plan. It will also provide an approach consistent with other made Neighbourhood Plans in the existing Local Plan and provide greater clarity of the policy context for West Bergholt.

The Neighbourhood Plan has been made and it identifies the settlement boundary for the village and identifies specific sites for housing allocations. To bring the policy into consistency and to ensure certainty for the role of the Neighbourhood Plan, the relevant modification should be amended and added to so that it is clear that proposals for development outside of the settlement boundary will not be supported unless the NP or other Local Plan policy specifically allows for it. This would bring the policy into line with that of the modification for Wivenhoe.