Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18148
Received: 10/03/2018
Respondent: Mrs Patricia Creavin
This location should not be included in the Preferred Site Allocations, owing to its Green Belt designation; the density of the development in adjacent areas in recent years; the precarious access to the site; the degrading of the local amenity; and the already weakened provision of local faciities such as doctor's surgery and efficient traffic flow.
This location has been identified as unsuitable for development on a number of occasions. Since the last refusal for development, significant properties have been added to the immediate environs. It is my instinct to suggest that presenting this location for development is a last ditch attempt by the land owner to make financial gain with no consideration to the local amenity. Changes to land use nearby in Great Ropers Lane, similarly within the designated green belt, has been fiercely contested; hence the precedent should apply in Mascalls Lane. The land adjacent to Carmel, Mascalls Lane has been a part of the Green Belt since it was instituted. It is not and never was suitable for development. Access, overdevelopment and pressure on local facilities preclude this area for further development. The nearest doctor's surgery (Beechwood Surgery) currently runs with a five to six week wait for non-urgent appointments. To add more homes requiring this facility is frankly naive and bordering on a derogation of duty by our Borough Council. The plan needs infinitely more cohesion and strategic planning. I firmly object to the inclusion of land adjacent to Carmel, Mascalls Lane in the preferred site allocations.