Response from Mr and Mrs R.H. Hampson (Individual)
1. Mr and Mrs R.H. Hampson (Individual) : 8 May 2012 11:27:00
Policy/Site No.
LA1.3 Housing Allocations - RN213-mod BRIGSTEER LAND OPPOSITE THE WHEATSHEAF
2.1 Do you consider that the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD is sound?
No
2.2 If NO please identify which test of soundness your representation relates to by selecting the relevant option(s) below and completing section 2.3.
The DPD is not justified in that it is not founded on a robust and credible evidence base and/or is not considered the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.
2.3 Please give details of the change(s) you consider necessary to make the South Lakeland District Council Land Allocations DPD sound, having regard to the test you have identified at question 2.2 above.
It would be helpful if you could state your proposed change to the DPD and the reasons why you think it is necessary.
These are the views of both my husband and myself.
Certain members of the Helsington Parish Council (HPC) are also directors of the recently formed Helsington Community Land Trust (HCLT) and they have unfairly obstructed or distorted the views of the HPC from being made known properly to the SLDC Planning Authority.
HCLT claim to have being formed by the community and for the benefit of the community, but in fact all the directors appear to be self appointed and not responsible to the electorate at all. I believe the HCLT in its present form to be an undemocratic body.
SLDC appear to have been unduly influenced and encouraged by HCLT to declare Site RN213 at Brigsteer to be a special case for low cost housing development, this being an exception to the general policy being applied to all other small villages and hamlets in the South Lakes area.
Should development of this site RN213 be allowed to proceed, it would be in direct opposition to the majority view of the electorate which has been repeatedly expressed in recent polls held on this subject and I would therefore request that this site be removed from the list of esites to be developed and that Brigsteer be treated in the same manner as all other small villages and hamlets in South Lakeland.
3.1 If your representation is seeking a change, do you consider it necessary to participate in the oral part of the examination?
NO, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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