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Site Proposals document

Representation ID: 15096

Received: 21/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Raymond Smith

Representation Summary:

1 Honingham is an historic rural village, designated as part of the Countryside in the Joint Core Strategy
2 The proposal would have severe implications on this parish
3 The scale of the development proposed is immense, the impact on the landscape would be irrevocable
4 The loss of agricultural land, particularly at this time of uncertainty over Brexit, when future trade arrangements are unclear,would be unwise
5 Large scale developments have not been the most effective way to deliver new housing, better to spread across GNDP
6 Honingham is a parish too far. Green Belt

Full text:

Honingham is an historic rural village, designated as part of the Countryside in the Joint Core Strategy (policy 17)
This proposal would have severe implications on this parish
The scale of development proposed is immense, the impact on the landscape would be irrevocable, also to lose so much agricultural land from food production must be a grave concern, particularly at this time of uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit, the potential for tariffs on imports must surely mean that we should maintain optimum home protection,and safeguard our ability to produce food in an economic way.

In previous strategic development plans, large scale developments, similar to that proposed, have not been the most effective method of delivering new housing, far better to spread the housing across the whole GNDP area, in smaller groups, also allowing small and medium sized house builders to build out sites
Honingham is a parish too far!