Object
Preferred Options
Representation ID: 46688
Received: 20/07/2012
Respondent: Ms Rachel Pope
I strongly object to the proposal to develop around Blackdown 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 other sites.
I strongly object to the proposal to develop around Blackdown 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 other sites.