Testun llawn:
I write this with no great belief that any notice will be taken. The District Council approach to the villages involved seems to me to be one of obfuscation and concealment of information. One guesses that this tactic is be able to claim that people have been consulted whilst doing exactly what suits them and the building industry. I restrict my comments to the following three concerns.
1. The ILG figure of 12300 has been called into question and is thought too high. However there seems to be a lack of clarity on this and there seems to be an implication that this could even rise with consequences for building allocations.
2. The scoring criteria for Primary Service Village category is not by any measure objective and seems to be based almost on whim. In the case of Lapworth/Kingswood this seems to be based on an intention that it will be placed in the highest category come hell or high water rather than anything else. .
3. It is accepted that some development in any village is inevitable. With good sense this can be done without affecting too much the character of the place. However in the case of Lapworth the development is now to be concentrated in the area of Kingswood.and proposed level of housing numbers would swamp that area, with adverse effects on the local infrastructure. As to the character of the place, that, of course will go out of the window - but hey what does that matter !