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Respondent: Laura Jackson
Representation Summary:
The respondent objects to the inclusion of land around Ashley, arguing that development would result in the loss of Best and Most Versatile agricultural land and conflict with Green Belt and sustainable development principles. They raise concerns about limited rail and bus services, inadequate utilities and highways, and impacts on nature reserves, historic hedgerows and listed buildings. They also argue that existing schools and GP services in surrounding settlements are already under pressure and that Ashley’s proximity to the Trafford boundary limits the surrounding area available to accommodate additional demand. The respondent considers that the land does not meet the Grey Belt test.
Full text:
This email represents my formal objection to the Cheshire East Local Plan’s inclusion of 291.03 acres of land around the village of Ashley.
It strikes me that the inclusion of so much BMV agricultural land, ignoring green belt policy, and claiming proximity to a railway station, when Ashley station has negligible service capacity, and only 1 train per hour, represents landowners and the local authority believing they can ride roughshod, regardless of legalities, over the 350 inhabitants of the village.
The protection of nature reserves, historic hedgerows, and 19 listed buildings appears to be being ignored, as does the lack of utilities, public transport (Ashley doesn’t even have a bus route that passes through the village, never mind an actual bus stop), & safe highways in such a small rural parish.
It also appears not to have been taken into account, that as Ashley lies directly on the border with Trafford, that halves the surrounding area able to absorb the new pressures of so many houses - doctors surgeries and schools in Mobberley, Knutsford and Wilmslow are already at capacity, and oversubscribed, and Hale and Altrincham will be required to bear no responsibility for new residents.
All in, the inclusion of Ashley in this plan violates sustainable development principles, and does not meet the grey belt test which is national policy.
Laura Jackson
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