The next public meeting of the developers of LA3 – Tuesday 27th June at JFK Catholic School between 4pm and 8pm.
You may already have been informed about this meeting
together with the latest plans. We urge
you to attend. There are a number of
issues we need to raise. We remind you of them in no particular order of
importance.
The number of homes: The consultation took place on the
basis of up to 900. The number now is up
to 1100. This has implications for traffic,
the density of housing in a green belt setting, the green areas within and the ‘soft
edge’ to the green belt initially proposed.
The access to the Traveller site: As you will know, the developers are
proposing the location of the traveller site in the south west corner (the Winkwell
end) with access into Chaulden Lane. The
proposed first phase of housing is for 350 houses in the diametrically opposite
corner. The result is that it is as
isolated as possible, and linked to Winkwell and Pouchen End rather than LA3. This is contrary to the latest government
policy on ‘Planning policy for traveller sites’ referred to in an earlier blog.
Phasing: There are no proposals for community aspects such
as the school, as this aspect of the development will be triggered by demand as
the development progresses. (This has
interesting implications for the Traveller site. It will remain an isolated community in
Winkwell for 10 years or more. Even when
the development is completed it will remain isolated from LA3.)
We urge you to attend, study the proposals carefully and
make your opinions known. Please do so in writing to the council as well as the
developers.
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