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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
SP2 Land beween Horn Hill and Bendish Lane, Whitwell
Representation ID: 767
Received: 24/11/2016
Respondent: Mrs Rosalind Jenkins
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Object to SP2:
- Plan does not meet sustainability requirements.
- The plan has not been properly discussed with the Village.
- The expansion is greater than required and will damage the Village.
- The SP2 is a poor site to build upon and other sites within the village should be sought with a smaller umber of houses.
- There is no need to have this site in the plan
- Village facilities
- Scale of development
Dear Sir or Madam,
I wish to object to the inclusion of SP2 in the draft local development plan on the grounds it is NOT sound, legally compliant or complies with the duty to co-operate.
The introduction of SP2 has been a late inclusion into the plan and has not gone through proper consultation. In addition the Village boundary has been moved specifically to include this area despite it previously being a nominated green belt area outside the Village boundary. It has been incorporated despite the housing need in the area being reduced. The Village is in a rural location and the addition of this housing development would increase the Village size by 15% on top of the 15% increase the Village has sustained over the last 10 years. The previous expansion has stretched the Village facilities with the sewage at maximum capacity and increased traffic through the high street regularly bringing it to a standstill. The Village acts a rural retreat for cyclists and ramblers from the surrounding area. An increase of this amount will irrevocably change the nature of this Village. With poor public transport, no shopping amenities and no secondary schools the Village does not meet its classification of a class A village nor does the plan meet the councils own definition of sustainability.
I do not believe that the plan is legally compliant as not all the relevant surveys have been completed (e.g. strategic flood risk assessment) nor has there been any consultation with the village. In a recent Parish survey the majority of villagers believed that some limited expansion (10 houses) maybe sustainable in the right location. The SP2 site is not a good site. It is visually striking and is in the path of flooding during heavy rainfall. A recent planning application was recently turned down due to its visual impact and flooding potential. Should an appeal be forthcoming North Herts will be in the embarrassing position of both defending against development of the site and promoting it in their development plan.
