Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Object

Representation ID: 7885

Received: 23/09/2021

Respondent: Pippin Enterprises Ltd

Options 1A and 2D

Renhold is not identified as a parish to take growth, but Options 1A and 2D have the potential to fundamentally change its character, which is a collection of ‘ends’ separated by tongues of farmland.
Option 1A supports development adjacent to the urban area. Renhold adjoins the urban area and any development here would cause the rural village to coalesce with the town, changing its character altogether. I object to this possibility.
Option 2D supports development along the A421 corridor. This seems sensible but the diagram includes an area in Renhold even though it is not identified as a development location. At the very least the shading in Renhold around the A421 junction should be removed.
In respect of both of these options, apart from the urbanisation of a rural village, a principal concern is traffic. Renhold has only rural roads, in places nearly single carriageway. There are already heavy traffic loads and the village is doing everything it can to reduce both volumes and speeds.
Significant development everywhere in the village has the probability of greatly increasing volumes and numbers of HGVs to the detriment of the entire village population.
If option 2D is eventually selected the area shown to the Renhold and Wilden side of the A421 should be excluded and consideration given to closing the Green End access to the village.
If Option 1A is selected, Renhold should be identified as an exclusion area.