Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29498
Received: 03/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Richard Thwaite
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
R25 and R26 are in prime greenbelt land in a small village that cannot sustain additional levels of traffic, will create flood risk, environmental damage and sewage infrastructure problems. There are no exceptional circumstances which can justify these issues.
The plan states that green belt land will be preserved and only released in exceptional circumstances. The plan does not explain what the exceptional circumstances are that mean that the greenbelt land that sites R25 and R26 are to be built on should be released. There are no exceptional circumstances that can justify the release of this land in an ancient and historic village that is already full to capacity with housing for the size of village, the roads and the blue infrastructure it currently has. It will create further flooding and risk damage to a Grade I listed church, it will raise traffic levels to an unsustainable level in the village and surrounding area and will damage an ecologically important area. There are far better locations both brownfield and greenbelt that are suitable for development than these 2 parcels of land in Blackmore. It is clear that this is a developer led proposal, and there are no exceptional circumstances which can possibly justify this development in this location.