H24 Burton Green - Burrow Hill Nursery

Object

Representation ID: 66150

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: CALA Homes (mids) Ltd

Agent: Cerda Planning Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The proposed allocation at Burrow Hill Nurseries, Burton Green and is currently for 60 new homes. The NPPF makes clear that Development Plans should meet the full, objectively assessed open market and affordable needs for housing market areas.Applying this important objective to Burton Green, it is necessary for the plan to provide sufficient housing to make best use of land whilst ensuring the objectives of growing the District's rural villages.

An important objective of the plan is to provide for affordable housing. A larger housing allocation, will best meet this objective since it will ensure that affordable housing thresholds are met.

A larger site allocation also maximise development viability minimising the risk that affordable housing and other community infrastructure cannot be delivered due to viability concerns.

Having assessed the key technical and environmental considerations in respect of the site, it is evident that up to 100 homes could be successfully delivered.

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.

Object

Representation ID: 66345

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

The NPPF does not place an obligation to allocate brownfield sites first.
Only part of the site is brownfield.
The site is not the most suitable or sustainable site for residential development.
Site is located on the sourther periphery of the village.
Majority of the village and community services located to the north of the village.

This allocation is not without its own constraints as identified in the Village Site Appraisal Matrix. Land at Cromwell Lane is more a preferable alternative and does not have the same constraints ad Burrow Hill site.

LanHS2 will divide a village which is already linear in composition, leaving any future occupants of properties on the preferred site feeling separated and disassociated with the village.

Object

Representation ID: 67125

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Mr Peter Stanworth

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

To place a concentration of 60 houses on one site in the village is totally inappropriate and out of character. This is also the view of others in the village who have signed the attached petition.

This site will be affected by the noise and disturbance from HS2 during operation and construction. The construction of HS2 means the housing estate is unlikely to be deliverable in the plan period.

The site is not central to the village;
Concentrates traffic in the dangerous red lane area;
Landscape value is high
Accentuates ribbon development
Public transport is poor - 1 bus per week and 1.5 miles to Tile Hill station.
Fuel pipe runs across part of the land.
adjacent to a pond which contains Great Crested Newts
adjacent to a listed building, Long Meadow Farm