Colchester City Council Preferred Options Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation 2025

Object

Representation ID: 13517

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

Object to Policy CS4 as currently drafted. The policy places disproportionate and unjustified
requirements on residential development, particularly smaller schemes.

Object

Representation ID: 13519

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

The policy as drafted introduces a number of requirements that risk undermining flexibility, creating unnecessary barriers to development, and conflicting with the national BNG framework.

Object

Representation ID: 13520

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

As currently drafted, the policy is overly detailed, repetitive of national legislation and guidance, and risks creating unnecessary procedural burdens that would be more appropriately addressed through supporting text, Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), or validation requirements.

Object

Representation ID: 13523

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

Policies EN5 and GN4, as currently drafted, duplicate each other to a significant degree, repeat national and local guidance, and risk imposing onerous and inflexible requirements that could undermine deliverability, site efficiency and viability. A single, streamlined tree policy would be more effective and proportionate.

Object

Representation ID: 13524

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

Policies EN5 and GN4, as currently drafted, duplicate each other to a significant degree, repeat national and local guidance, and risk imposing onerous and inflexible requirements that could undermine deliverability, site efficiency and viability. A single, streamlined tree policy would be more effective and proportionate.

Object

Representation ID: 13525

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

Policy EN8 as drafted is overly lengthy, highly prescriptive and in places duplicates national policy, guidance and technical standards. As a result, it risks reducing flexibility, increasing development costs and creating uncertainty in development management, without clear additional local benefit.

Object

Representation ID: 13530

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

As drafted, the policy is overly prescriptive and lacks sufficient flexibility, particularly for smaller and non-strategic residential developments. See attachement.

Object

Representation ID: 13534

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

We object to Policy H1 as currently drafted. The policy is overly prescriptive, insufficiently flexible, and risks undermining housing delivery in Colchester. See attachment.

Object

Representation ID: 13536

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

We object to Policy H2 as drafted. The policy is insufficiently clear, overly prescriptive, and risks undermining housing delivery. See attachment.

Object

Representation ID: 13539

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Mersea Homes

Agent: ADP

We object to Policy H6 as drafted. The policy is not justified by the evidence base and risks being ineffective in practice. See attachment.