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Mixed reaction as council reconsider housing growth plans



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Published Date: 16 April 2008
AFTER The Bucks Herald revealed Aylesbury Vale District Council's Cabinet were set to reconsider plans for thouands of new homes with a possible switch from south to east Aylesbury, we received several letters on the matter.
YOU invited comments on your report that AVDC could be looking at reducing housing growth in the southern arc in favour of expansion to the east.

I would strongly support this move and I am sure that others in this area would too. The southern plans would irretrievably damage the unique and historic hamlet of Sedrup - a conservation area - as well as blighting the lives and property values of many people in the Hartwell, Bishopstone and Stoke Mandeville areas.

As far as one can tell from your map, an eastern alternative would not have a similar effect because the proximity to dwellings appears much less.

I remain opposed to the Government's imposition of this huge housing burden in the first place but at least an eastern development would mitigate its effect.

Chris Barnes
Sedrup

THE proposal of the Aylesbury Vale District Council's Cabinet to consider building 4,200 dwellings between Watermead and Bierton, in addition to land already designated for new homes, is a very poor decision indeed.

The scale of the proposed development would have a seriously adverse affect on all current residents in these areas, who chose to live in Aylesbury or Bierton to achieve a semi-rural quality of life, which would be severely compromised by what amounts to an urban sprawl, reminiscent of the worst development of suburban London.

In addition, the construction of additional link roads would not relieve the congestion that so many dwellings would bring. The roads into, out of and around Aylesbury are already severely congested and this proposal will almost certainly result in near grid lock.

The concept of green belt was established to stop this type of development happening, but clearly the District Council has little regard for this principle. I hope sincerely that old fashioned common sense prevails as otherwise I believe the council will leave us a legacy that will be a disaster for all current residents, whichever part of Aylesbury they reside.

Mr N R Dingle
Watermead, Aylesbury

THE news that AVDC is thinking of shifting the burden of new housing from the southern arc to the east side of Aylesbury is to be welcomed.

The southern arc has too high a density of housing in too limited an area. The main gain would be the construction of significant new roads to spread the traffic flows.

Harold Harrison
Stone


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Colin Rickard,

17/04/2008 23:17:27
An open letter to Norman Skedge and AVDC

Bierton Against Development (BAD).

Dear Sir, I'd like to object in the strongest terms to the plans under discussion to switch future development of housing around Aylesbury to the so called 'Eastern Growth Arc'. It would be more honest to label the plan 'the destruction of Bierton as a village and its incorporation into Aylesbury as a suburb'. As you are no doubt well aware there has been human habitation of Bierton since Roman times. That distinct character will be overwhelmed by Aylesbury once your bypass and new roads surround the village on all four sides. No doubt the next 'development' to follow (2015?) will fill in the remaining countryside until your utopian vision of housing for all, and damn the human cost, is satisfied. The effect on village life, the school, the church and our environment will be catastrophic. As for your argument that by building in the east funding for a link road can be found; this is a self fulfilling prophecy to justify support for a road that nobody needs or wants but that looks good on your infrastructure diagrams. I feel certain that you will face considerable, organised opposition to your plans both from a human and environmental perspective at each step along the way. Incorporating villages into the urban mass of Aylesbury is not the way forward unless cultural vandalism is your aim. I urge you and your colleagues at AVDC to think again.

Colin Rickard
Hulcott
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Colin Rickard,

17/04/2008 23:24:57
it must be late at night! Unreserved apologies to the BH as the meeting occurred after the publishing deadline. I expect full coverage in next weeks edition!!
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Colin Rickard,

Hulcott 18/04/2008 17:59:14
Just to complete this series of posts here's the excellent response I received today from Andy Barton (Forward Plans Group Manager) at AVDC with a couple of links to the detailed outcomeof the cabinet meeting. It might not be what we want to hear but the communication is good. Unfortunately, Broughton Crossing now seems doomed, sacrificed in order to fund the road building madness. We should oppose in principle the need for 9,300 homes in this area at all not where they are sited. Anyway here's the response in full.


Dear Mr Rickard

Thank you for your email below sent to Norman Skedge. Cabinet members were made aware of your comments before the meeting.

As you may be aware, the Cabinet meeting had a robust debate on the direction of growth issue. It agreed to ask officers to continue to consider the southern growth arc, but also to investigate in detail the implications for considering growth to the east, and a hybrid between these seeing the majority of growth located to the south of the town, but also with some in the Broughton Crossing area.

We are in the process of beginning this work following the cabinet decision, which involves collection of a considerable amount of technical evidence. Once this is complete (towards the end of the summer), a report will be taken back to Cabinet. They will then decide if they wish to take this work to the next stage, which would include full public consultation.

The press release related to the decision can be viewed on our web site: http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/news/2008/apr/council-considers-options-future-growth/ , and also the cabinet report which goes into the issues in more detail can be viewed here : http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/committees/FunctionsPage.aspx?dsid=2976&action=GetFileFromDB


Andy Barton
Forward Plans Group Manager
Aylesbury Vale District Council

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