Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I would like to officially object to the plans to add so many new homes to Ickleford village. It will completely ruin the area. All three of my children attend Ickleford school and our family feels very close ties to the community there -- and there is a very real local community spirit in this small village. The school in particular is a central part of village life and I feel very lucky that my children have had such a caring environment to grow up in. The proposed changes seem to suggest that if you carry out these large developments in the area you will need to alter the fabric of school life, separating infants and juniors. I think this would be a terrible thing to do to families and children who have chosen to live and work and attend school in this area in order to be closer together, and have their children be closer together.

I sincerely hope you will reconsider your plans and find an alternative which is not so destructive to a close knit community.