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Representation ID: 56107

Received: 16/07/2013

Respondent: The Spirit Pub Company

Agent: Walsingham Planning

NPPF seeks to protect the Green Belt from inappropriate development and retain landscape, visual amenity and biodiversity etc. Development should only occur in green belt in very special circumstances. DCLG Planning Policy for Traveller sites (March 2012) confirms traveller sites are inappropriate development in the green belt and recent (2013) ministerial statements confirm the government does not consider unmet demand for such sites to be a very special circumstance worthy of allowing them in the green belt. Council's own local plan documents seek to protect the open countryside and locate sites close to facilities and services. This site is in the green belt and by definition harmful to the green belt and there are no special circumstances to warrant its development.

Site does not represent a sustainable location as residents would have to travel by car for services and facilities eg schools, GP surgery.

Proximity to airport will have negative impact on site residents in terms of noise, disturbance and traffic. Site could also limit future plans for the airport.