Inspector's Preliminary Findings on HBC Development Management Plan (ID/9)

Support

Representation ID: 9673

Received: 09/03/2015

We strongly support of the proposed modification MM8 as it will ensure that almost all of Speckled Wood will be protected from development and provide an opportunity for community use to be firmly established and allow for woodland management to improve and enhance the whole area. The site should not have been allocated for housing or given planning permission in the first place as it is in effect a ravine with extremely unstable land. Current developer interest in the site is speculative and I see no prospect for the site to be developed for economic and practical reasons.

Support

Representation ID: 9674

Received: 09/03/2015

We support the proposed modification MM9 and think it is justified as road access would be extremely dangerous due to the volume of traffic and very poor visibility at the junction with Old London Road. This will preserve the integrity of the woodland valley, provide the Trust with the opportunity to acquire the whole of Speckled Wood to make it into a well-managed community woodland. This in turn will enable funding to be sought to create the Ore Village Green, to re-establish the disused allotments, to help to construct the Greenway route and to provide other amenities and disabled access.