After two & a half years of opposition to the plans to develop Park Farm, it would appear that the future of these delightful green heritage fields now hangs by a thread.
The outline planning application (PT11/1442/O) submitted by Barratt Homes to build up to 500 houses across this extremely sensitive location, is being considered by South Gloucestershire Development Control (West) Committee this coming Thursday 18th October starting at 2.30pm.
The meeting will be taking place in the South Glos. Thornbury Council Chamber, and members of the public are welcome to attend, and indeed to speak publicly to Councillors prior to their consideration of the application.
South Glos Planners (in particular Sarah Tucker) have prepared a briefing document for Councillors, and this has been published on the SG website. You should be able to access it by clicking on THIS LINK
Although her briefing makes passing reference to the large quantity of objections raised by local residents, it deals with these matters only cursorily, and continues to build upon the litany of flawed arguments, misrepresentations of the truth, and ill-conceived judgements that have beset this project from the beginning.
It will be a huge ask of the South Glos Councillors to locate the essence of what is fundamentally wrong with Barratt's application, and to lay it bare for what it is. It should never have reached this stage, and will only fail if there is a rigorous and persitent examination of the details of the application, together with the courage to correct South Glos professional planners who should have known better than to dress up bad plans with a veneer of acceptability. The preparation of the Core Strategy for Thornbury has been a mess and there is still no proper assessment of Thornbury and its needs. There have been many opportunities to throw out this planning application, but for reasons that are frankly obscure, it has survived.
The Independent Inspector of the Core Strategy decided to pass no judgement on Thornbury, leaving it instead to the local decision makers (SG Councillors) who may or may not be swayed by planners who are out of touch with the reality here in North West Thornbury.
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CAN'T ATTEND MEETING TOMORROW.... WORK. PLEASE DON'T LET CLARE FARDEL URGE THE COUNCIL TO STICK TO THEIR GUNS AS SHE DID AT THE COSHAM HALL MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR. CAN WE, THE NORTH THORNBURY RESIDENTS TAKE OUR OBJECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL'S OBSESSION TO BUILD ON PARK FARM FURTHER. CAN WE ACCESS LEGAL ADVICE AND ORGANISE A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION INTO WHEN PARK FARM WAS ADDED TO THE CORE STRATEGY, BY WHOM AND WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE OVER, ESPECIALLY WITH ROADS ACROSS THE FIELDS. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS AS THE MORTON WAY LINK ROAD WAS BUILT TO SUPPORT HOUSING ON BOTH SIDES.THE RE IS CLEARLY A HIDDEN AGENDA, WHEN SUCH A SUPPORT STRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE TO SUPPORT HOUSING IF REQUIRED. BARRETT HOMES FINANCIAL SITUATION IS NOT STRONG TO SAY THE LEAST, SO BOTH CHOICE OF SITE AND BUILDER NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE ARROGANT LIB DEMS ATTEMPT TO IGNORE AND RIDE ROUGH SHOD OVER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE VOTED THEM IN, IN THE PAST. I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT REMOTELY INTERESTED THAT THEY WILL LOSE THOUSANDS OF VOTERS NEXT TIME, AS THE CURRENT LOT WILL PROBABLY BE RETIRED BY THEN. KEEP FIGHTING. LYNN B
ReplyDeleteI AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID LINDA, AND I THINK WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN COLLECTIVELY, TO FIGHT THIS INSANITY!
DeleteIF WE ALL CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE EACH, FINANCIALLY, WE COULD MOUNT A LEGAL ATTACK AGAINST THESE CRAZED LIB DEMS WHO ARE RIDING ROUGH SHOD OVER US,THEY DONT GIVE A DARN FOR THEIR (OWN CONSTITUENTS) WISHES, WHO PUT THEM THERE IN THE 1ST PLACE!
FARDELL AND HER HOPPOS SHOULD BEEN PUT OUT TO GRASS YEARS AGO, AND I'M ASHAMED TOO ADMIT HAVING BEEN A LIBERAL (NOW LIB DEM) VOTER FOR MANY DECADES TILL I VOTED FOR OUR INDEPENDENTS.
THERE ARE SO MANY OF US, AND I WILL STILL FIGHT THIS TO THE LAST.
WILL ANY RESIDENTS BE PREPARED TO DEFEND OUR BEAUTIFUL THORNBURY?
I'M SURE WITH OUR OWN COUNCILLORS WE CAN FIGHT THIS, AND I'M WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A FUND TO FIGHT THESE CRAZIES. DONNAA DAMZELLE
No need to shout!
DeleteFOR GOODNESS SAKES, THERE ARE SOME TIMES, WHERE A CONTRIBUTOR IS UNABLE TO USE LOWER CASE, (DUE TO CATARACTS!) AS IN MY CASE.
DeleteTHIS NONSENSE OF NOT SHOUTING IS SO INFANTILE.
WHO EVER STARTED SUCH NONSENSE ORIGINALLY, WAS OBVIOUSLY SOME DUNDER HEAD WITH LITTLE CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO'VE A MEDICAL PROBLEM!
DONNAA