Object

Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Representation ID: 60958

Received: 17/01/2014

Respondent: Mr James Maynard

Representation Summary:

If houses are built on what are now greenbelt protected greenfield sites. Greenbelt protection of these fields will have failed.

Full text:

I object strongly to the declassifying of greenfield sites which are by definition protected under greenbelt legislation.
In particular Areas 1, 2 of the Leek Wootton Local area plan.
re classing and development of these areas will destroy the whole reason why greenbelt legislation is in place.
Declassification of these fields will set precedents that will mean that building developers will be able to point at what the local government have done and say "we want too do that too".
There are areas inside the present village boundary that have been overlooked such as the spinney area at the rear of Quarry Close.