Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 15713
Received: 22/03/2018
Respondent: Mrs Sue Hartley
Scale: Vastly out of keeping with open rural environment. Character of village & parish would be altered.
Access: Poor and inadequate. Castor Lane inadequate to handle extra traffic volumes generated. No access to B1332.
Need: More appropriate sites (size & 'brownfield') exist: they should be utilised first.
Farmland: Once lost, it will be gone forever. As will the habitats of many bird & animal species.
Country Park: Unnecessary in the context of this countryside location, in which alternatives for Green Infill already exist via a well-developed system of public rights of way and permissive paths.
The scale of this proposed development is vastly out of keeping with the open rural environment in which it is located and the number of properties would radically alter the character of both the village and the parish.
Access is poor, with Caistor Lane being of insufficient size and standard to cater for the likely increase in associated vehicle movements. No access is proposed to the B1332.
Alternative brownfield or smaller-scale sites must exist. They should be utilised, rather than land being taken out of vital agricultural use and, in so doing, destroying the natural and thriving habitats of many species of birds and animals.
The creation of a Country Park in order to 'sweeten' this proposed development is not necessary. Members of the public (both local residents and visitors) already make considerable use of the open spaces overlooking the eastern Tas valley, through a combination of public rights of way and permissive footpaths.