Object

Representation ID: 16540

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Martin Dellar

The proposed Scalebor allocation would take housing delivery in Burley over and above identified need.
Other areas of the district are yet to fulfil 50% of their allocations, much of which is brownfield.
There are no exceptional circumstances that could justify the development.
Development of the site would breach the durable Green Belt boundary established by the railway line and would create a settlement expansion outside the current settlement pattern, thereby creating unrestricted sprawl.
Ownership issues, the site is considered to be undeliverable, and it is also considered to be unsuitable in highways and Green Belt terms.
The site currently meets 3 of the 5 Green Belt criteria as defined in the NPPF:
The Scalebor site was redeveloped for housing as it was a major developed site in the Green Belt and was a brownfield site. This should not now permit an extension of the existing estate in to adjacent greenfield.
Access to the site is not currently possible.
The proposed site is subject to a restrictive covenant limiting its use to grazing land without the consent of all existing Scalebor residents.