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Planning: letters of
representation |
March 2008 |
11 March 2008
Head of Development
for the attention of Steven Booth
Horsham District Council
Park House, North Street
Horsham RH12 1RL
Dear Mr Booth
DC/08/0316 AGATES YARD, FAYGATE
I write on behalf of the Horsham Society to object to
this outline application to build
156 retirement units, a warden’s unit, 50-bed care
home, visitor accommodation, central facilities
building, shop and medical centre.
The Society notes that the site lies midway in the
Strategic Gap between Horsham and Crawley. It has
always had the strongest objection to any
intensification and it continues to do so. This
objection is confirmed in the Core Strategy document
adopted by the Inspectors following the recent public
hearings on the Local Development Framework..
The Society also notes that the site lies wholly
beyond the defined Built Up Area Boundary and, even if
it did not, that Faygate is a Category 2 settlement
and, while development may be acceptable within its
Built Up Area if it is justified in terms of meeting
an identified local need, the proposal includes
provisions which far exceed those which can be shown
to meet that need.
The Society further notes that there are some
permanent structures on the part of the site occupied
by the timber yard.but the definition of brownfield
land excludes agricultural and forestry buildings and,
even if it did not, the proposal far exceeds their
extent.
The Society wishes to make it clear that it has no
objection to retirement villages in general. Its
objection in this case arises solely from the
particularly sensitive location.
Yours sincerely
Oliver Palmer
Vice-President, The Horsham Society
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