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Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sovereign Man Simon of the family Thomas

I am extremely concerned about the plan for new housing and do not support the proposal to build on site SG05 for numerous reasons (attached) including, the proposed review of the Green Belt and removal of the proposed designation of ‘Wildbelt’ (to protect land for conservation). The local traffic and infrastructure impact, the destruction of precious wildlife (including resident badgers (a protected species) and foxes) habitat and environmental impact. The impact to local community from the scale of the proposed housing – it exceeds likely needs and will have significant negative impact to the quality and character of the local area.

The proposal to build on the designated SG05 space has been repeatedly rejected in past decades with well established rationale that do not need to be restated as they should be well known. The considerations are simple and remain applicable in 2025 – Designated Green Belt, long-standing Agricultural use, current (and likely exacerbated through housing development) flooding and drainage issues, access issues, infrastructure investment needed to support such large numbers of additional houses, geographical separation of employment / commercial zones (also road / railway network access) from proposed residential areas likely to cause significant traffic pressure and environmental impacts, capacity constraints within existing schools, doctors, dentists and local shops.
The projected population growth is not a simple metric that equates to a need for x number of additional houses across the county – the affordability gap is also likely to increase and the demographic mix needs finer consideration. There are many more reasons for the proposed developments in SG05 and SG06 not to proceed and the proposal for greater development around Hampton Magna and Hatton makes much more sense due to the proximity to road and railway networks as well as removing congestion from town centres by building on a better located site allowing proximity to local towns and facilities.


Having already submitted my representation, I have also now received the local councillors submission which is wholly correct and needs to be considered alongside the points I have raised independently.