Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I oppose to the to the District Plan with regard to AS1 for 33 houses.

SP2 The District Council has failed to consult with the Parish Council on the proposal to extend the settlement boundary of our village. The council seems to have done this just in order to include site ASI without looking at the village as a whole and without consultation as to where it might be judicious to make other boundary changes. Therefore this approach to boundary changes was not justified.

North Herts District council has been made aware of the work of the Ashwell Neighbourhood Plan under the auspices of the Parish Council. The PC is aware that the plan is in its formative stages but already a housing survey has been conducted and the results made known to the planners. Also made known to the planners was the fact that other sites that are more in keeping with the village have been identified. At a meeting held in the village on 10 January 2015 attended by the local MP and the Councillor in charge of the draft district plan project, it was stated that the emerging policy of the Neighbourhood Plan would be taken into account and the PC was urged to put this forward. At meetings since then it was obvious that this was NOT taken account of. Therefore this point should be taken under the heading Sound because it was not positively prepared

The site AS1 identified in the plan is a protected valued landscape and has been turned down by NHDC on several occasions and does not fit in with the National Planning Framework Section 11 concerving and enhancing the natural environment. One only has to stand on this site to see what a negative affect it will have on the chalk uplands of this part of North Hertfordshire. I object that this is not sound or positively prepared as the village has other sites - made known to NHDC - which could incorporate more houses.

I oppose to the to the District Plan with regard to AS1 for 33 houses.

SP2 The District Council has failed to consult with the Parish Council on the proposal to extend the settlement boundary of our village. The council seems to have done this just in order to include site ASI without looking at the village as a whole and without consultation as to where it might be judicious to make other boundary changes. Therefore this approach to boundary changes was not justified.

North Herts District council has been made aware of the work of the Ashwell Neighbourhood Plan under the auspices of the Parish Council. The PC is aware that the plan is in its formative stages but already a housing survey has been conducted and the results made known to the planners. Also made known to the planners was the fact that other sites that are more in keeping with the village have been identified. At a meeting held in the village on 10 January 2015 attended by the local MP and the Councillor in charge of the draft district plan project, it was stated that the emerging policy of the Neighbourhood Plan would be taken into account and the PC was urged to put this forward. At meetings since then it was obvious that this was NOT taken account of. Therefore this point should be taken under the heading Sound because it was not positively prepared

The site AS1 identified in the plan is a protected valued landscape and has been turned down by NHDC on several occasions and does not fit in with the National Planning Framework Section 11 concerving and enhancing the natural environment. One only has to stand on this site to see what a negative affect it will have on the chalk uplands of this part of North Hertfordshire. I object that this is not sound or positively prepared as the village has other sites - made known to NHDC - which could incorporate more houses.