Object

Representation ID: 66247

Received: 24/06/2014

Respondent: Crest Strategic Projects

Agent: d2planning

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

It would appear that the justification for this site is to better connect the village. However, it is unclear how this will be achieved with the proposed HS2 railway line running to the north of this site and thus segregating the settlement. In such circumstances, the justification for this allocation is flawed.

It is noted that the Crest site was discounted due to high landscape impact concerns and potential access difficulties (i.e. *-Appendix 6 Site Appraisal matrix). Both of these objections are incorrect. As stated in previous representations: -(see Summary of Findings)

i) Access can be achieved to the requisite standard to service the site. Furthermore, the County Council previously assessed the potential traffic impact in their Traffic Flow Model System. That work included that there would be no problems in terms of traffic impact from a residential development of 880 dwellings.

ii) With regard landscape impact the SHLAA concluded that with satisfactory mitigation the site could be developed within no adverse impacts.

Crest therefore strongly object to the conclusions reached in respect of their land at Lodge Farm which are incorrect and do not take into account the actual evidence.