Object

Preferred Options

Representation ID: 46687

Received: 20/07/2012

Respondent: Ms Rachel Pope

Representation Summary:

I strongly object to the proposal to develop north of Milverton because it does not comply with the Government's National Planning Policy Framework for development in the Green Belt. The plan is unsound for numerous reasons, not least because the council itself, in 2009, identified that there were alternatives to developing the Green Belt. So far it has failed to explain what exactly has changed in order to justify this significant about-turn.
This land has enormous physical and visual amenity value, as well as high agricultural value. It should be accorded a higher priority than brownfield and white belt sites.

Full text:

I strongly object to the proposal to develop north of Milverton because it does not comply with the Government's National Planning Policy Framework for development in the Green Belt. The plan is unsound for numerous reasons, not least because the council itself, in 2009, identified that there were alternatives to developing the Green Belt. So far it has failed to explain what exactly has changed in order to justify this significant about-turn.
This land has enormous physical and visual amenity value, as well as high agricultural value. It should be accorded a higher priority than brownfield and white belt sites.