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Dear Sir/Madam

In accordance with your "Preferred Options Summary" booklet:

We believe that the site & grounds of Aylesbury House, Aylesbury Road, Lapworth B94 6PL would be a very appropriate site.

It conforms to and supports the following preferred options:
1. PO1 - helps to achieve the level of growth identified by you
2. PO3 - to plan growth across the whole of the district
1. While you current map on pages 5-6 is very biased towards the southeast of the district.
2. Aylesbury House gives you a small but appropriate development at the north west tip of the district.
3. It is on the edge of existing village development and yet has open farmland around it to prevent any merging of settlements.
3. PO4 - section 13 for Category 1 Villages.
1. Lapworth village is a category 1 village
4. PO6 - mixed community with wide choice of homes
1. This site lends itself to mixed use for young couples, families and elderly people alike.
2. The site has extensive buildings on site already to convert into flats, Mews housing and detached family homes
5. PO10 - The site would be ideal for a "garden town" environment
1. Provide links to green spaces including an extensive network of public footpaths on it's doorstep
6. PO16 - Fits with your preference to remove "green belt" from around category 1 villages
1. This site has already been declassified for development in the past, we are reliably informed.
7. PO18 - The site has extensive utilities including
1. mains water and drainage
2. mains electricity and gas supplies
3. Telecoms.
We would thus like to offer this land to the council to be included in your "Preferred Development Sites" map for the local plan.
We hope you will consider our offer in the positive light in which it is intended.
If you have any queries or advice on how we might get this site included please do contact me at your convenience.