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New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 42852
Received: 09/09/2021
Respondent: Catherine O'Dell
Land surrounding Ashingdon Primary
I write to you regarding the below proposals:
One wraps completely around Ashingdon Primary Academy (CFS216). The school is in yellow.
This is not a few houses, from previous applications made in the area, circa 300-400 would be expected.
This site sits within the Coastal Protection Belt and should never be built on. It is believed it is also in the green belt and is Agricultural land that has been successfully farmed since anyone can remember.
Building on this land would ruin the visual amenity of the area and would compromise the Planning Framework in that it would be a significant development that would start to link Ashingdon, South Fambridge and Hockley together, ie create sprawl.
The school has always been semi-rural and this proposed development site would ruin that.
It would also cause issues with traffic at an already busy and dangerous junction that is subject to discussion already.
The second site is opposite the school (CFS133).
This site has again been successfully farmed for years, and regularly floods at the bottom. This again is an inappropriate location, again ruining the visual amenity of the area, would again compromise the planning framework for urban sprawl.
For both sites:-
In terms of transport, there is an overloaded Roman Road with a dangerous junction, speeding drivers (confirmed) with a previous serious accident site too. Adding another road junction in there is unsafe. There are no cycle paths or means to incorporate one. The pavements are dangerous enough now let alone with larger amounts of foot traffic.
Land surrounding Ashingdon Primary
I write to you regarding the below proposals:
One wraps completely around Ashingdon Primary Academy (CFS216). The school is in yellow.
This is not a few houses, from previous applications made in the area, circa 300-400 would be expected.
This site sits within the Coastal Protection Belt and should never be built on. It is believed it is also in the green belt and is Agricultural land that has been successfully farmed since anyone can remember.
Building on this land would ruin the visual amenity of the area and would compromise the Planning Framework in that it would be a significant development that would start to link Ashingdon, South Fambridge and Hockley together, ie create sprawl.
The school has always been semi-rural and this proposed development site would ruin that.
It would also cause issues with traffic at an already busy and dangerous junction that is subject to discussion already.
The second site is opposite the school (CFS133).
This site has again been successfully farmed for years, and regularly floods at the bottom. This again is an inappropriate location, again ruining the visual amenity of the area, would again compromise the planning framework for urban sprawl.
For both sites:-
In terms of transport, there is an overloaded Roman Road with a dangerous junction, speeding drivers (confirmed) with a previous serious accident site too. Adding another road junction in there is unsafe. There are no cycle paths or means to incorporate one. The pavements are dangerous enough now let alone with larger amounts of foot traffic.