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Representation ID: 8755

Received: 29/09/2021

Respondent: Staploe Parish Council

Staploe Parish Council are very concerned that this call for sites initially showed Dennybrook (site 977) as a much smaller site beyond the boundaries of Honeydon. We were only informed in May 2021 (an astonishing 8 months after the call for sites closed) that the site boundary had expanded by approximately 25% to engulf the whole of the hamlet of Honeydon and Begwary. The new site showed many existing homes surrounded on all sides by housing estates. Therefore we believe that the call for sites was not conducted in an open and transparent manner. Residents only had one month to gather their thoughts about this enormous new development of up to 10,800 homes which engulfed their properties before the draft consultation opened. We do not believe this is a fair consultation for them. In addition, a new site of around 3000 homes at Eaton Bank in Duloe was submitted on 2nd September - the day before the consultation closed. Duloe Field (3420) was also added late. We do not believe sites submitted after the deadline should be considered, and certainly not without further consultation to consider additional comments that may be pertinent to the draft Local Plan going forward.

1.4 100 word summary

The site at Dennybrook expanded in area by around 25% after the call for sites closed to engulf the hamlets of Honeydon and Begwary. We were informed only 8 months after the call for sites closed about this expansion which left only 4 weeks for residents to consider this and seek advice before the consultation on the Draft Local Plan openened. Duloe Field (site 3420) and Eaton Bank in Duloe were also submitted after the deadline. We do not believe sites submitted after the deadline should be considered and certainly not very large sites submitted many months after the deadline.