Object
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 8495
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Simon Taylor
- Rationale for removal of washed over Green Belt status is questionable as it appears to be based upon the agreement to and development of recent sites which have contributed to inconsistencies in Green Belt Policy. The question should be why these recent developments were allowed, not to use it as the basis for further development and removal of washed over status.
- Also openness of settlements at sites identified above, very much add to openness of Green Belt
No, the removal of the washed over Green Belt status should not be allowed for these areas, in particular those identified at Whitlocks End, Tidbury Green and Cheswick Green as the openness of the settlements very much adds to the openness of the Green Belt. To suggest that existing housing development, constructed many years ago, should form the basis for a change in policy (on the basis that newer developments e.g. those at Cheswick Green conform to a different policy) is ridiculous and illogical. Surely the question should be why the newer developments were allowed when they clearly do not conform to the Green Belt Policy. To suggest an error of planning judgement in allowing the newer developments should form the basis of further errors in removing the status, is clearly flawed - two wrongs don't make a right!