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Representation ID: 14091

Received: 14/02/2021

Respondent: Mr Michael Hunter

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

- Draft allocation would remove area of higher performing Green Belt (RP71)
- Erode separation between Dickens Heath and Whitlock's End, and reduce separation between Dickens Heath with Major's Green & Trueman's Heath.
- Impact on landscape area that is particularly sensitive to change
- Better alternatives, in lower performing Green Belt areas, are available
- Plan is unable to mitigate the significant loss of sports pitches, lack of certainty on re-provision, contrary to NPPF
- Site relates poorly to Dickens Heath, and eastern boundary constraints mean it will be difficult to integrate with settlement
- Pedestrian and cycle links not appropriate through Dickens Heath
- Important that Tyburn Coppice, Ancient Woodland and LWS, is protected from development. Ecological Assessment recommends 30m buffer.
- Introducing pedestrian, cycle and public transport links along Tythe Barn Lane & Birchy Leasowes Lane will adversely impact local character, landscape and ecology.
- Allocation risks disrupting connectivity between important edge Local Wildlife Sites & adverse impact on biodiversity
- Unclear how biodiversity will be managed positively
- Policy is not effective, justified, consistent with national policy, or deliverable