If you want
to complain about any aspect of the Allocation and Development Options Report
please write to Newark and Sherwood District Council, Kelham
Hall, Newark NG23 5QX
You could
send your letter to one of the following:
Cllr Tony Roberts, Council Leader tony.roberts@nsdc.info
Cllr Roger Blaney,
Sustainable
Development roger.blaney@nsdc.info
Alternatively you could speak to
a Councillor or a council officer - call 01636 650000
Key
things to complain about:
We
need a proper traffic survey – the Council has used old,
out-of-date traffic figures in the development plan. The figures they use
grossly underestimate the amount of traffic in the village, even before new
houses are added. We are demanding a new independent traffic survey to show how
the village can’t cope with any more cars and lorries.
We
need a Conservation Study – Blidworth is an ancient village with
a conservation area and sites of historic interest but the Council hasn’t
carried out a conservation study to assess the impact of any new development.
We say the Council need to conduct an immediate, independent study and act to
conserve the village.
The
over-development is unfair – Blidworth has already seen significant
housing development throughout the last two decades, as well as a wind farm
that no-one else would have. It seems that what’s bad for the rest of Newark
and Sherwood is good enough for us. We are demanding to know exactly how much
development has taken place in Blidworth and the Mansfield Fringe compared to
everywhere else in the district, and why.
Consultation
with the public has been a joke – the Council have made it
very difficult for local residents to have their say. They listened to
landowners and they listened to builders and developers but they haven’t
listened to the people of Blidworth. We say the Council should come clean on
its consultation and acknowledge the level of opposition in the village. They
should listen to the people and put a halt to the current plans.
Local
democratic institutions have been ignored – the Council has
refused to consider the submission made by the Parish Council at the start of
the development planning process which opposed the Council’s attempt to develop
the village. We say if the Council treats local democracy with contempt what
does that say about its attitude to local people?
Next
Step
We need to get these complaints into the council and illicit
satisfactory responses from them. Using their responses, we will then be in a
position to approach the Local Government Ombudsman with a raft of issues aimed
squarely at the NSDC planning processes.
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