Support

Representation ID: 7915

Received: 24/09/2021

Respondent: Sharnbrook Parish Council

SPC welcomes the production of a revised Design Guide for the area, and hopes that this will be taken into account for all applications going forward once agreed. It is especially pleasing that the Borough Council notes the need for rural and urban developments to be differentiated and that the needs are quite different. In particular, the use of trees in large developments is to be applauded, but should be applied to all developments over, say, 5 dwellings. Every effort must be taken to retain trees, or to replant where this is not possible, as well as adding more trees to developments to help with carbon capture. Planning applications should be planned around existing trees, rather than removing "inconvenient" trees and replanting. Wherever possible.