Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I would like to express my support for the proposed boundary changes to Ashwell as a logical extension to the existing village. We have lived in this village for 18 years and both our sons have grown up here. The housing available to young people in this area is very limited and so our children cannot afford to settle here. I feel that it is important that a village such as Ashwell encourages a diversity of population and recognises that without growth, the services we have cannot be viable and will be lost. When we moved to Ashwell the village had a bank, post office, greengrocers and Indian take-away, all these have now gone.