Objection based upon the findings of the original planning submission, 2017/2652, which determined the proposal was to be rejected.

The adjacent PDF provided does not address any of the points of rejection and merely expands on the subjective "positives" any development would make to any generic area; £28,000 per household spend in the local economy being a wildly subjective statement. There is no mention of the historic hedgerow which was a key point of the original rejection, nor the contrary findings of DM1.1, NPPF14 and DM1.3.

The capacity of local infrastructure has not been thoroughly explored; ranging from nursery and pre-school provision (all local sites over-subscribed), education (primary and secondary), healthcare and local amenities through to road size and capacity (being that Burgate Lane is extremely narrow and single lane) and non-existing pedestrian access to Burgate Lane. Nor has the negative impact on local ecological systems and wildlife been thoroughly explored.

In addition, the proposed land, and subsequent development proposal, make strong assumptions on the growth of both the local and national housing supply and positive performance of the economy. No downsides have been explored; an impending no-deal Brexit, economic slowdown with either a deal or no-deal scenario along with limited local employment opportunities, lower than national average salaries, slow wage growth and an ageing population have been ignored.

The proposal of the land, and the proposed development itself, is unashamedly designed to capitalise on a perceived crisis in new housing supplies. If the land is suitable for development, which the evidence and previous findings suggest is not, would it not be more prudent and beneficial for the whole community to look at supplies of bungalows, single story and retirement homes to accommodate the existing local population. Thus freeing up exiting housing supply for local and new residents in houses which otherwise would not be released to the market.

Thank you,