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Representation ID: 10995

Received: 20/04/2021

Respondent: JO Steel Consulting

2015 SHLAA “Site rejected by an Inspector at last plan” not explained.

Draft Local Plan assessment under the four purposes not completely accepted. Sloping site prominent in the landscape with long distance views, the open area can be viewed from many aspects.

Problematic access - frontage to Pasture Avenue is basically no more than an agricultural field gate, appeared to be very little used, will need to be developed into a made road.
The assumption that “visibility splays should be possible is a very challengeable, because the major frontage to Pasture Avenue has not been put forward, otherwise it would be included the site’s red line. Visibility splays will have to involve third party land. Is this site deliverable? maybe this crucial uncertainty has put the delivery timescale 11 years out?

The allocation should be removed. Other sites which can guarantee access without any potential third party, visual issues are available.