Object
Proposed Chesfield Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan
Representation ID: 10301
Received: 14/02/2023
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Iain and Louise Alderson
Number of people: 2
We would like to object to your proposal and give our reasons why:
1) We don’t think 1 and 2 Manor Cottages (1930s houses which are not listed or have historical importance) should be within the proposed consultation area.
2) As regards other properties in Chesfield we don’t think one listed property, one church ruin (with no plans to stop it deteriorating) and a garden wall warrants a conservation area.
3) We don’t understand how Chesfield can be considered a conservation area with the additional traffic (especially from new residents in Roundwood using Back Lane to get to the A1) and pollution that will arise due to the decisions to grant planning permission for many properties on the Forster Way and Roundwood.
4) If Chesfield does become a conservation area more visitors will be attracted and there is no car parking available or footpaths (by roads) for walkers. The additional cars discussed in 3) would be a danger to horse riders, walkers and cyclists in the area.
5) If both councils continue to build housing estates around Chesfield and we decide to sell up, we would prefer to sell our house and land under the green belt regulations.
6) We don’t want the inconvenience and cost of applying for planning permission to erect sheds, greenhouses, fences hedges and tree maintenance.
7) All Chesfield residents are opposed to your proposal.
As well as the above we would like to make the following points:
Instead of spending money on a report to justify Chesfield becoming a conservation area surely tax payers money would have been better spent on a report to understand how the area’s infrastructure is going to deal with significant increase in population. Even before the new houses are built around Chesfield we are dealing with speeding cars, rush hour traffic and fly tiping.
At the recent consultation meeting the Councilor said “the residents of Chesfield need to move on from the decisions to grant planning permission on Forster way and Roundwood – that ship has sailed”. Unfortunately that ship will never sail for the residents of Chesfield as we have to live with the Council’s decisions destroy the countryside around our small village. Given the sensitivities around recent planning permissions we think the residents of Chesfield should have been consulted much sooner and in a face to face meeting.
Hopefully you take on board the comments of residents who are all opposed to your proposal.
We would like to object to your proposal and give our reasons why:
1) We don’t think 1 and 2 Manor Cottages (1930s houses which are not listed or have historical importance) should be within the proposed consultation area.
2) As regards other properties in Chesfield we don’t think one listed property, one church ruin (with no plans to stop it deteriorating) and a garden wall warrants a conservation area.
3) We don’t understand how Chesfield can be considered a conservation area with the additional traffic (especially from new residents in Roundwood using Back Lane to get to the A1) and pollution that will arise due to the decisions to grant planning permission for many properties on the Forster Way and Roundwood.
4) If Chesfield does become a conservation area more visitors will be attracted and there is no car parking available or footpaths (by roads) for walkers. The additional cars discussed in 3) would be a danger to horse riders, walkers and cyclists in the area.
5) If both councils continue to build housing estates around Chesfield and we decide to sell up, we would prefer to sell our house and land under the green belt regulations.
6) We don’t want the inconvenience and cost of applying for planning permission to erect sheds, greenhouses, fences hedges and tree maintenance.
7) All Chesfield residents are opposed to your proposal.
As well as the above we would like to make the following points:
Instead of spending money on a report to justify Chesfield becoming a conservation area surely tax payers money would have been better spent on a report to understand how the area’s infrastructure is going to deal with significant increase in population. Even before the new houses are built around Chesfield we are dealing with speeding cars, rush hour traffic and fly tiping.
At the recent consultation meeting the Councilor said “the residents of Chesfield need to move on from the decisions to grant planning permission on Forster way and Roundwood – that ship has sailed”. Unfortunately that ship will never sail for the residents of Chesfield as we have to live with the Council’s decisions destroy the countryside around our small village. Given the sensitivities around recent planning permissions we think the residents of Chesfield should have been consulted much sooner and in a face to face meeting.
Hopefully you take on board the comments of residents who are all opposed to your proposal.