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The Government through its East of England Plan 2004 charged all local councils to create a twenty year plan and imposed targets for housing and jobs by 2026.

The 20 year plan is known as The Core Strategy which is basically a vision for the future of how our borough should develop.  Part of this vision is to create 5000 houses and 2000 new jobs by 2026 which are the targets set by central government for our area.  Historically Castle Point has 200 new houses built each year on Brownfield type sites.  Over twenty years of normal output this would produce only 4000 houses, 1000 short of the Governments target.

The Council has decided that they need between 1000 – 1500 houses and fifteen acres of industrial development to be built on greenbelt land over the next twenty years to cover the above shortfall.

Having decided to build on greenbelt the  Council looked at 46 prospective green sites throughout the Borough and marked them against a set of criteria given scores of between +8 and -6.  The top scorers covering some 1500 homes and industrial areas have, therefore, been incorporated into The Core Strategy.

Unfortunately for our area 750 of these homes and 10 acres of industrial area were allocated to the plot of land east of Rayleigh Road/north of Daws Heath Road and south of Stadium Way.  Probably better known as the green fields from the new fire station, up Rayleigh Road, behind Asquith Gardens and Firfield Road coming out onto Daws Heath Road.

When The Core Strategy was first published in August 08 showing the proposals for Daws Heath, local residents formed a group to protest against the plan.  The Daws Heath Action Group, Hands Off Our Greenbelt, was formed and we have been fighting the proposals ever since.

 

We must stop any building on Daws Heath greenbelt to protect and preserve our community from this creeping development disease.  We must use the eight week consultation period to our best advantage and ensure that our growing voice is heard and acted upon.

 

WE ARE A NON-POLITICAL GROUP  and not affiliated to any PARTY, despite any LOGO or similar NAME.

 

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WE ARE TRYING TO GET 10,000 SIGNATURES ON A  NEW PETITION, IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU HAVE SIGNED ONE BEFORE  THIS IS ALL NEW. IF YOU NEED A FORM EMAIL PETITION@handsoffourgreenbelt.co.uk , GET AS MANY SIGNATURES AS YOU CAN AND EITHER SEND IT TO MY ADDRESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OR EMAIL ME AND I WILL COME AND COLLECT IT.

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BARRATT’s Re SUBMIT plans  on Daws Heath Greenbelt

What does this mean ?

It means as a new application, all opposition  starts again.

We need Individual Objections  NOW to emailed to Planning@castlepoint.gov.uk

Or written to

Planning

Castle Point Borough Council
PO Box 15
Benfleet
Essex
SS7 1AY

To View the Plans  follow the link below

http://www.castlepoint.gov.uk/main.cfm?Type=PADS&Page=2 

choose parish of Victoria  and search  top of list is BARRATT’s

It says Thundersley  has a canal and barges with bridges, the traffic of the new homes  will be less than 1 car movement per house.

We need to protect this last piece of Greenbelt to stop the sprawl  of houses connecting Castle point to Rayleigh and Industrial Units to residential areas.

A proposed link  road from Daws Heath Single lane  to Stadium way opposite  Sainsbury's Roof Car Park Entrance  which is on a corner and tricky anyway. The roads can not take anymore traffic the junctions  are grid locked and traffic most nights  starts half a mile down the A127 and is solid to the Woodman's, and once Saddlers Farm and progress Road improvements start it will be even worse.

Reasons  for Objection could be any or all of the following

· LOSS OF GREENBELT

        Greenbelt is there to stop Urban Sprawl the connection of Built up areas.

 

· Inappropriate Application

        To larger development for the area.

 

· Infrastructure

 

 

       

               

·  Shops

 

        Other than Sainsbury’s the only other major shops, banks, Library and Post         Office within a mile and a half are in another Borough.

 

· Environment

       

 

 

 

 

The loss of this area  would be the start of the downward spiral Barratt’s state in their proposal that the Fire Station has set the precedent and they should be allowed to continue the destruction  of the Greenbelt just to give their share holders a dividend, they have left areas  green in their plan  that will be Stage 2, like Essex Auto Group wanted  more of the Greenbelt  to park 117 cars on.

BARRATT’s  NO MEANS  NO   —-  SO Please  OBJECT  NOW

http://www.pcs.planningportal.gov.uk/pcsportal/fscdav/READONLY?OBJ=COO.2036.300.12.1603078&NAME=/Decision.pdf

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The Council MEETINGS in RED  should possibly be attended

If you are part of another ACTION GROUP  and would like support  and want to add your support to the Save Our Greenbelt  Movement  contact us ,

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A WIND TURBINE  20 metres High  on Greenbelt.

A By-pass  through Greenbelt  land  or established  streets..

Increased HOUSING  on Greenbelt .

Increased Industrial  Units on  Greenbelt.

Increased Traffic on our already stretched  roads and junctions.

Important Wildlife habitat and  Green areas lost for ever..

Lovely   I THINK NOT !!!

All the above where discussed or proposed by Officers at Castle Point .

If these  projects are allowed  through then we will become one big  industrial and Residential  mass from Basildon to the Sea .

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BARRATT’s

are Desperate  to destroy Castle Point, by building on any Green Fields they can buy cheap & convert from Greenbelt to a housing estates with affordable housing for non residents and residents of CastlePoint.

LAST Updated  17th  August   2010

        BARRATT’ S Submit new Plans

    PLEASE OBJECT IN ALL WAYS POSSIBLE .

EMAIL , LETTER, PHONE,

Ask your Local Councillor ,

PLEASE make a noise

   TELL BARRATT’s 

                NO MEANS NO

 

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ABOVE is the Vision  of Daws  Heath if Council Officers and Barratt’s get their way.

Busy Roads.

Wind Turbine

Greenbelt lost .

Over Development .

Lack of Infrastructure .

Wildlife Destroyed .

Road  Hell.

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Housing minister Grant Shapps  has announced  plans to 'reward' councils that give planning consent to support the building of new homes will be introduced early in the Spending Review.

This is a blatant Bribe for Council’s to use their soon to be given new powers to decide their housing quota’s , this is not “NEW MONEY” it is allocated from an existing pot so he gives with one hand and takes away with the other !

BUT  it is not dependent on where these houses are built  and Castle Point has nearly 4000 identified sites for new homes that are not on Greenbelt or Greenfield sites  so what's stopping them building on these sites ?  Greed that's what it is cheaper and quicker to build on empty greenbelt sites and that's a fact, they will try and ignore the will of the people who live in Castle Point and try and fill in the green areas  of Castle Point, the very things that make it a nice place to live.

This can not be allowed to happen  HAVE YOUR SAY  tell the Council you do not want any development of Castle points Greenbelt and Greenfield land.

At risk is Daws Heath ,Canvey’s Dutch Village  and Kiln Road these sites are to precious to lose.

THIS IS THE COUNCIL OFFICERS VISION OF OUR  CORNER OF THE BOROUGH.

This area is a wildlife haven and green passage  for wildlife movement is used by many people and animals, the increased removal of Green fields  would increase the pressure on drainage within this localised area and the areas below it.

The Roads, Road Junctions, Schools, Doctors and Hospitals can not cope with   more people in this area.

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St Michaels Lane

        As most local people are aware  St Michaels Lane  has a concealed exit from the A127 and even though the 50mph speed restriction on the A127 trying to get  off the A127 in to St Michaels is very dangerous.

The signs before  St Michaels are meant to be self illuminating with Solar panels and have never worked, this issue is always coming up at meetings but never resolved, this is why a petition has been started , as we all know if you shout loud enough someone will listen, so please sign the petition it is located in Anne's Mini Market in Daws Heath Road  Thundersley (Near Little Havens )

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO WIDEN  CHAPEL LANE AND CASTLE LANE  IN HADLEIGH.

 

At a quickly scheduled Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 17th of August the Cabinet agreed to Essex County Council’s plans to alter the Hadleigh lanes as soon as possible. They have obviously put a lot of effort  and consideration in to this plan including road surfaces and removing curbs and enlisting residents to restore the hedgerows. Cllrs re stated that housing on this site would not be considered.

19th August 2010

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE  REJECT 300+ HOMES ON GREENFIELD SITE

 

Campaigners said they were delighted by the decision by East Northamptonshire District Council.

They had fought the application for the homes to the north of Raunds near the A45, arguing there were plenty of brownfield sites that could be used.

They also argued the local infrastructure would not be able to cope with the expansion.

Campaigner Graham Underwood said more than 1,000 local people were against the plans.

"There's too many houses and not enough infrastructure, not enough schools and not enough doctors," he added.

Another planning application has been made for more than 400 new homes on the other side of Raunds.

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