Comment or question: Q203
| NDP-S017 - Woolhead/Bagley/Coote - Britten Close | |||
| Comment no.: | Q203 | Date: | 12/02/2014 07:21 |
| Comment by: | Marie Coote, David Bagley, Mike Woolhead | Post code: | NN9 6AY - Britten Close |
| Response to Q190 from Nos 1, 2, & 3 Britten Close (NDP-S017) We have lived in our homes for a long time, No 1 - 30 years, No 2 - 30 years and No 3 - 12 years. If we had wanted to make a financial gain on our land, we have had plenty of time to apply for planning permission over the years - but we have not. Why are we doing it now? The parish council is attempting to agree a housing plan to provide for the needs of the village for the next 20 years. We understand that if sites are not included now then it would be difficult to obtain permission to build until the expiry of that 20 years. At that point we will all be in our mid to late 80s. None of us wish to leave our homes or the village, where we have all been very happy. We generally have lived the majority of our adult lives in our houses and have raised our families in them. If our site is included in the final plan we do not anticipate undertaking any changes for 8-10 years when our gardens will probably be too much for us. At that time we would have no major financial outgoings and as we made clear in our presentation to the parish on 6th February, any future financial gains would be for the benefit of our children and grandchildren. In any event, we trust our proposal will have to stand on its own merit with the planners as it would have to have done at any time in the last 30 years, if we had applied for planning permission. The suggestion to build fewer bungalows with larger gardens does not make sense to us as the intention is to build bungalows for retirement resulting in smaller homes and gardens to maintain. |
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