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Derbyniwyd: 31/07/2012

Ymatebydd: Mr Graham Harvey

The first Preferred Option, "The desire to concentrate growth within, and on the edge of, existing urban areas." is to ignore the character and nature of a rural district with extensive green belt areas.
This plan does not spread the required growth in an organic way and phased way so that it will avoid producing mono-cultural estates.

The proposals identify many areas where the existing access routes are already inadequate, suffering excessive pressure and pollution.

Villages:

The targets for the villages, admittedly at the expense of green belt, are woefully unambitious given that there has been a huge decline in rural infrastructure (shops, post offices, green transport and other facilities). Strangely although this is recognised in Para 7.12 it appears to be negated by Para 7.18! A few bungalows for elderly downsizers and affordable homes for locals will not foster the sufficient growth to make for sustainable, local and green villages!

Neither is there much to encourage local employment opportunities. No recognition is given for the increase in folks who work at home using technology solutions to do so and to promote rural employment
and marketing.
It requires a critical mass to sustain these infrastructures and this proposal will not deliver it. These communities are just that, evolved over years of interdependence, and not artificially fabricated by creating estates, even garden estates!

Para 7.19 concedes the strengths offocussing development outside of the green belt and it must be easier to provide mitigation for cross town traffic given the proposed Improvements to Transport infrastructure in that part of the district. The expansion to provide strong villages would also apply in these non greenbelt
areas and would mitigate certain travel problems.