Comment

Representation ID: 983

Received: 20/10/2010

Respondent: Savills

Q9). 1 "Ensuring that tall buildings would only be permitted in the sites / areas identified in the Area Action Plans". This approach is inflexible and does not allow for tall (or large) buildings to come forward in changing circumstances over the life of the plan and on sites not foreseen in the AAPS
This wording should be deleted. The policy should allow for tall buildings to come forward on other sites, provided they meet the policy criteria.
Reference to be made to the joint CABE / EH guidance on Tall Buildings July 2007
Although the policy is entitled "Tall Buildings" the detail in points (i)-(vi) relate to both tall and large building. This is confusing and may results in criteria that are not appropriate being used to assess tall rather than large buildings.
e.g. (ii) building to relate in "scale and character to surrounding buildings" - not an appropriate criteria to consider introduction of tall buildings.
Tall buildings are defined as being different (standing out) from their surroundings or prevailing townscape scale. Therefore they are unlikely to relate to the scale of the surrounding.