Local plan scoping consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 2341

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

4.19: Rural villages should be protected from inappropriate, large scale development which causes irrevocable damage to the communities and local infrastructure.

Comment

Representation ID: 2342

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.15: Chelford Parish Council strongly objects to green field sites within the Green Belt in Chelford being allocated as grey belt land. The erosion of Green Belt within the Parish, through the previous allocation of safeguarded land, has already had a significant impact upon the Parish, including local services and amenities.

Comment

Representation ID: 2343

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.16: Chelford Parish Council strongly objects to green field sites within the Green Belt in Chelford being used for development. Chelford railway station is not a ‘well connected station’, therefore, does not meet the criteria for development under this policy. Land within Chelford is also not considered to be grey belt land, therefore, should also not be released for development on this basis.

Comment

Representation ID: 2344

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.17: Chelford Parish Council supports the proposal to maximise the use of brownfield sites and to consider sites outside of the Green Belt first. Development should only take place to need a genuine housing need and not to meet speculative aspirations of landowners or arbitrary housing targets.

Comment

Representation ID: 2345

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.18: The outcome of the Green Belt assessment should be published as soon as completed to enable communities to understand proposals within the context of the review.

Comment

Representation ID: 2346

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.19: Consideration should be given to extending the use of strategic green gaps to ensure that communities, of all sizes, are not subject to inappropriate development which harms settlement identity and character. Villages should be protected from inappropriate development which causes gaps between individual communities to be eroded.

Comment

Representation ID: 2347

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.23: Any review of settlement hierarchy should ensure conclusions are made on up to date, accurate information. Inaccurate information will lead to inappropriate development which detrimentally affects existing residents.

Comment

Representation ID: 2348

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.27: Chelford Parish Council supports the development of decision making policies relating to development in settlements. These should ensure that existing residents are protected from harm arising from the type, scale or location of development.

Comment

Representation ID: 2349

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.31: Housing Needs Assessments for local service centres must be carried out on an individual basis so that communities are not subject to inappropriate development arising from housing needs in other areas. During the development of the last Local Plan Chelford was subject to excessive, unjustified allocations which were not associated with local need.

Comment

Representation ID: 2350

Received: 24/08/2026

Respondent: Chelford Parish Council

5.35: Green Belt land should not be released for development to meet housing targets or to provide affordable housing unless there is compelling evidence of local need within the relevant community.