Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
WE1 Land off Hitchin Road
Representation ID: 1495
Received: 29/11/2016
Respondent: Miss Katherine Barnett
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
To summarise:
* We are after the point that you arrive in the village.
* we are close to the identifiable centre of the village
* we are in between two of the most important buildings in the village - the school and the church
* we strongly object to the proposed plan
* we are on one of the main roads of the village
* We have a number of residential homes close by, which are easily walkable.
I have not see any satisfactory evidence as to why the the proposed new village envelope excludes the houses up to and including Church Lane and Weston Bury. There has been little or no discussion describing the logical and objective reasons to support where the envelope is drawn. As well as it not being fair and inclusive, I am concerned about the potential for it to reduce our access to village amenities. We are clearly in the 'confines' of the village as we are part of the existing area, we are not in an open space and we don't abut open countryside - we are next to the school so clearly relate to the main area of the village and the church is behind us too. The sign welcoming people in to the village is a few hundred metres away from us so it seems reasonable that this is defines the envelope as it is only here that open countryside begins. Finally this decision has not been duly raised in the public exhibitions and consultations regarding the proposed new local plan, which has felt very underhand by the parish council and local council alike.
