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Further Proposed Modifications to the North Hertfordshire Local Plan 2011- 2031
ED224
Representation ID: 8796
Received: 23/06/2021
Respondent: Mrs Barbara Squires
Objection to East of Luton EOL development (SP19)
I wish to object to the North Herts DC Local Plan's proposed development of 2,100 homes EOL required solely to meet an unmet need from Luton of 9,300 homes calculated in 2017 as argued in ED224, for the following reasons:
1. Valuable green belt land will be destroyed that can never be recovered. There are no adequate exceptional circumstances for this. Brownfield sites and other vacant areas within the town should be used. Green belt areas should always be protected and just this last week Prime Minister Johnson stated, on the radio, that there should be no building on green belt land.
2. Luton's house building is much higher than the 2017 forecast, updated assessed needs are lower, and unmet needs have been reduced to around 2000.
3. Luton's unmet needs have already been more than covered by Central Beds as the designated "best fit" neighbour; with many already in build.
4. Luton has failed to require adequate family and social housing from the developers.
5. Further housing will only exacerbate the problem of the area’s gridlocked roads that develop during busy times.
Objection to East of Luton EOL development (SP19)
I wish to object to the North Herts DC Local Plan's proposed development of 2,100 homes EOL required solely to meet an unmet need from Luton of 9,300 homes calculated in 2017 as argued in ED224, for the following reasons:
1. Valuable green belt land will be destroyed that can never be recovered. There are no adequate exceptional circumstances for this. Brownfield sites and other vacant areas within the town should be used. Green belt areas should always be protected and just this last week Prime Minister Johnson stated, on the radio, that there should be no building on green belt land.
2. Luton's house building is much higher than the 2017 forecast, updated assessed needs are lower, and unmet needs have been reduced to around 2000.
3. Luton's unmet needs have already been more than covered by Central Beds as the designated "best fit" neighbour; with many already in build.
4. Luton has failed to require adequate family and social housing from the developers.
5. Further housing will only exacerbate the problem of the area’s gridlocked roads that develop during busy times.
