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Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation

Representation ID: 1005

Received: 23/09/2013

Respondent: Ingatestone Garden Centre Ltd.

Agent: Robinson Escott Planning

Representation Summary:

The site is available.

The site will not continue to be used as a Garden Centre as this use is not viable. The Garden Centre has been running at a loss for the last three years. This is evident by the Company's accounts. The Garden Centre has remained open only as a result of the financial support given by Directors, support which cannot be sustained.

Thorough landscaping will comprise an important part of any development - to ensure that it compliments the surrounding area. Also to provide a landscape buffer against the A12, adding to this defensible site boundary.

Full text:

The site is available.

The site will not continue to be used as a Garden Centre as this use is not viable. The Garden Centre has been running at a loss for the last three years. This is evident by the Company's accounts. The Garden Centre has remained open only as a result of the financial support given by Directors, support which cannot be sustained.

We appreciate that thorough landscaping will comprise an important part of any development - to ensure that it compliments the surrounding area. Also to provide a landscape buffer against the A12 to add to this defensible A12 site boundary.

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