Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I wish to register my strong objection to the use of this site for building 33 houses. The plans have already, and rightly, been rejected more than once. The site is not easy of access, especially for the elderly; there is no footpath for the descent into the village; the site is up a considerable slope, and the aesthetic effect of building there would impair the skyline and the look of Ashwell as an ancient contained village within its original rural setting for ever. It is well understood that the infrastructure and services of the village would be severely overloaded. It is hard to find any good reason for building there ; I understand there are other areas whose appropriateness has not been fully explored, and I trust that these will be considered before Claybush Hill is threatened once again. Ashwell's needs, as set out in the Neighbourhood Plan, are different, and the AS1 site meets none of them.