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7:30 AM May 6, 2021
James Cartlidge with local councillors on the route of the proposed power lines.
- Credit: Office of James Cartlidge
Environment Minister Lord Gardiner has joined calls for National Grid to put more of its cables underground as it creates a new power route across south Suffolk.
The minister wrote to Robert Erith, President of the Dedham Vale Society, saying that the National Grid should not restrict its underground cables on the Bramford to Twinstead route to the official Stour Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
He said: I share your passionate concerns of the significant impact that this option will have for the landscape value of the Stour Valley.
The future of design guides and codes
The latest proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) take some initial steps in the direction of the wider proposed reforms to the planning system.
Notable here is the focus on good design quality and placemaking, with local planning authorities being required to prepare ‘design guides or codes’ consistent with the National Design Guide and the recently published draft National Model Design Code (NMDC) and Guidance Notes for Design Codes (GNDC).
These guides and codes will need to be tailored to each locality, reflecting distinct character, design preferences and aspirations – based on community engagement. To carry weight in decision-making, they should also be prepared as part of a plan, or as a supplementary planning document.
Plans for the site include the building of a McDonald s, Aldi supermarket and a Range store with a garden centre. In their letter to Pegasus the council says that: The development proposed is not considered to be an EIA development within the meaning of the EIA Regulations. The decision is based on the information known at the time and selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 development and Planning Practice Guidance This decision is given without prejudice to any final determination of the planning application. the development therefore does not require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Cornwall council has today (Feb 25) decided that no Environmental Impact Assessment will be needed
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