Object

Representation ID: 2841

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Angela Jowett

OX1/H is greenbelt land and changing the greenbelt status of this land would impact the whole village not only by causing a massive visual impact from all surrounding areas but have serious consequences on the greenspace affecting the wildlife including protected species like bats and otters.
The field in question slopes at quite a gradient, it is very wet as any water sipes its way down from the surrounding fields to Moorhouse beck. So this is very unlikely to attract affordable housing as building alone will need to involve costly drainage work and there will still be the possibility of long standing water and flooding
We also understand that approximately 25+ planning/consents have already been approved but as yet have not been commenced and we strongly believe that the rest will be taken up by derelict barns and mills.