Comments and questions on:
NDP-S020 - CRE - Chelveston Airfield
| NDP-S020 - CRE - Chelveston Airfield | |||
| Comment no.: | Q209 | Date: | 22/02/2014 13:30 |
| Comment by: | NDP Working Party | Post code: | NN9 6AP - Water Lane |
Following public consultation, the original proposal NDP-S020 has now been submitted as 2 separate propositions.
The second proposition was tabled in outline at the public review meeting NDP-C002. |
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| Comment no.: | Q084 | Date: | 23/01/2014 12:00 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AR - Caldecott |
| Q. The business of your clients is renewable energy and yet your responses to our call said that your clients couldn't be specific about what they proposed as they didn't know what technology and policy options might become available over the lifetime of the plan. If they are experts why don't they know and how come they are able to invest for a 25 year lifetime if they don't know? A. The Government is regularly changing tariffs and technology - particularly for solar energy is changing rapidly. We believe that this site should be registered as a site for renewable energy generation in your plan and we will then produce applications which make sense within the policy and technology framework at the time. |
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| Comment no.: | Q083 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:56 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AU - Chelston Rise |
| Q. With respect you don't know this area at all. The existing developments on the airfield have decimated the local wildlife and ruined the landscape. What would be the environmental impact of any new proposals? A. We have no evidence that the developments so far have negatively affected the wildlife. We do have plans in place for additional hedging and planting to improve the environment and have planted many trees so far as part of the existing planning consents. C. As I said you don't know the area, all of the tree planting done so far on the site has died and there are no signs it is being replaced. |
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| Comment no.: | Q082 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:52 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AU - Chelston Rise |
| Q. So are you actually proposing houses as well as industrial units on this site? This wasn't what you originally said when you responded to the call for aspirational sites A. We have no specific plans at this stage but having studied the other proposals for Chelston Rise, we believe that they would benefit from a larger critical mass with additional infrastructure and local workplaces within the immediate vicinity to become a viable and sustainable community. We are therefore offering our site now for consideration. It offers the opportunity to create a viable and sustainable community with the necessary critical mass and infrastructure nearby. |
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| Comment no.: | Q081 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:42 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AU - Chelston Rise |
| C. Town planning ideas are just not appropriate for a countryside setting. A. We are offering options which we believe would work, it is up to the community through this process to decide what it wants. |
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| Comment no.: | Q080 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:41 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AR - Caldecott |
| Q. You seem to all be proposing a new town on the edge of Caldecott. Caldecott has been sustainable since the Domesday Book. A. Our new proposals are merely responding to the suggestion of additional houses being made by other applicants and we believe that contemplating a bigger settlement with additional employment opportunities would enhance the sustainability of this new community. |
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| Comment no.: | Q079 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:38 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AR - Caldecott |
| Q. How are industrial units situated next to houses a good idea? A. Town planners currently believe that this is the best way of creating sustainable communities - having employment opportunities next to housing to minimise the need to travel to work. |
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| Comment no.: | Q078 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:37 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AU - Chelston Rise |
| Q. Why are you here and not CRE themselves? A. I am their planning adviser and my client (like all the other applicants tonight) have chosen to enlist professional help in engaging with this process. |
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| Comment no.: | Q077 | Date: | 23/01/2014 11:35 |
| Comment by: | Session NDP-C002 | Post code: | NN9 6AW - Duchy Close |
| Q. You have suggested some "business units" as part of the unexpected proposals you have made tonight. What is to stop you pushing this further and creating an industrial estate? A. The planning system overall and this process you are undertaking now will clearly define the future status of my client's land and what can be built on it. Our suggestion tonight of an additional site for possible housing and associated employment opportunities is intended as an option to complement those proposals from WPG. Our view is that the site to the east of Chelston Rise was once the site of many structures when the airfield was operational and could become so once more if residents wanted to create a larger community. |
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| Comment no.: | Q020 | Date: | 12/01/2014 15:33 |
| Comment by: | NDP Working Party | Post code: | |
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