Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

There are slow worms on the site, which are a protected species and we have bats either nesting or flying through that site every summer. I have not seen a mandatory bat survey carried out by the council.

Weston already faces 1,000 new homes on its border with Great Ashby and will see huge rises in construction vehicles and long term traffic. It is therefore vital that its greenbelt is left in tact to prevent the village being strangled.

The council had constantly told surveyors for new buyers that no building was planned in that area (as little as 3 years ago) therefore it would be illegal to proceed.

The residents have been continually lied to. Firstly, only certain residents received the 'housing questionnaire' and this did not contain the correct facts. It did not mention that 40% of Roundwood would be social housing and did not name all sites that could be used for housing. There has been no stipulation about what the term 'social housing' means and therefore the consultation is meaningless. Worse, however is that NHH were surveying sites outside of the local plan recently and then lied about doing so. This field (the additional 16 houses added in the latest iteration house now been added to the proposed development. It is also worth mentioning that this fake 'questionnaire' also stipulated a need for 14 social houses. The added 16 houses to the plan have nothing to do with any local social need - which is contrary to the Government framework which stipulates that there should only be development on the greenbelt if there is an 'exceptional need'.

Finally, the build up of traffic in Weston is not only going to destroy an historic village, but it is going to lead to major health and safety issues and possibly deaths on the roads of the west of Weston

There are slow worms on the site, which are a protected species and we have bats either nesting or flying through that site every summer. I have not seen a mandatory bat survey carried out by the council.

Weston already faces 1,000 new homes on its border with Great Ashby and will see huge rises in construction vehicles and long term traffic. It is therefore vital that its greenbelt is left in tact to prevent the village being strangled.

The council had constantly told surveyors for new buyers that no building was planned in that area (as little as 3 years ago) therefore it would be illegal to proceed.

The residents have been continually lied to. Firstly, only certain residents received the 'housing questionnaire' and this did not contain the correct facts. It did not mention that 40% of Roundwood would be social housing and did not name all sites that could be used for housing. There has been no stipulation about what the term 'social housing' means and therefore the consultation is meaningless. Worse, however is that NHH were surveying sites outside of the local plan recently and then lied about doing so. This field (the additional 16 houses added in the latest iteration house now been added to the proposed development. It is also worth mentioning that this fake 'questionnaire' also stipulated a need for 14 social houses. The added 16 houses to the plan have nothing to do with any local social need - which is contrary to the Government framework which stipulates that there should only be development on the greenbelt if there is an 'exceptional need'.

Finally, the build up of traffic in Weston is not only going to destroy an historic village, but it is going to lead to major health and safety issues and possibly deaths on the roads of the west of Weston