Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 11475

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: Sealand Commercial Properties Limited

I&O_11973
In response to Questions SS 20 – 22, the ‘showstoppers’ should exclude areas of flood risk, where site-specific evidence shows that flood risk can be mitigated and that there is general betterment to the site and surrounding areas. This would reflect a ‘real world’ scenario, rather than a high-level Environment Agency map that is regularly challenged and found to be of less accuracy and reliability than local modelling and assessment.

Comment

Representation ID: 11477

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: Sealand Commercial Properties Limited

I&O_11975
In response to Questions SS 20 – 22, the ‘showstoppers’ should exclude areas of flood risk, where site-specific evidence shows that flood risk can be mitigated and that there is general betterment to the site and surrounding areas. This would reflect a ‘real world’ scenario, rather than a high-level Environment Agency map that is regularly challenged and found to be of less accuracy and reliability than local modelling and assessment.

Comment

Representation ID: 11478

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: Sealand Commercial Properties Limited

I&O_11976
In response to Questions SS 20 – 22, the ‘showstoppers’ should exclude areas of flood risk, where site-specific evidence shows that flood risk can be mitigated and that there is general betterment to the site and surrounding areas. This would reflect a ‘real world’ scenario, rather than a high-level Environment Agency map that is regularly challenged and found to be of less accuracy and reliability than local modelling and assessment.

Comment

Representation ID: 11479

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: Sealand Commercial Properties Limited

I&O_11977
We have no comment on the four growth areas shown on the periphery of Chester, however we strongly question why the options for growth do not identify options within the settlement area, such as Sealand Road where there is a live planning application. Information provided in that application, and summarised with these representations, show that the site is developable and deliverable, and therefore should be allocated for 150 homes.

Comment

Representation ID: 11481

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: Sealand Commercial Properties Limited

I&O_11979
In establishing the correct growth option and allocating land for development to meet identified needs, the Local Plan should weigh flood risk against other constraints. The Local Plan should consider the real world scenario; where sites shown at risk of flooding on a map have been subject to detailed assessment, the Local Plan should accept that they can be allocated so long as the necessary mitigation and betterment is provided for. Land at Sealand Road is shown to be at risk of flood on the Environment Agency maps, but detailed work by Weetwood as part of planning application 20/02712/OUT shows that in the real world, post-development, there would be less risk of flooding, including across the site and across the surrounding areas. As the site is located in a highly accessible and sustainable location within the urban area of Chester, it will deliver other sustainable credentials that sites in more peripheral locations will not.