Plan for 750 homes on green belt unveiled (From Basildon Recorder)
Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting ECHONEWS to 80360, or email us »
Plan for 750 homes on green belt unveiled
3:20pm Thursday 21st February 2013 in News Exclusive By Jon Austin
Plan for 750 homes on green belt unveiled
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a new village on green belt it bought near Pitsea have finally been unveiled.
Residents living near the controversial Chalvedon Hall site yesterday pledged to continue to fight the development of 750 homes plus shops and a primary school.
They fear it will be the first phase of development that could end up being nearly 1,300 houses.
Nottinghamshire County Council paid £4.2million for the site in january 2011 before confirming it wanted to develop a housing estate as an investment for its pension fund.
Following a public consultation, which triggered a campaign by residents against the scheme, the planning application was submitted this week.
Rose Griffin, chairwoman of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet Residents Association, said the group met with the county council’s agent Meridian Strategic land before the plans went in.
She said: “They said the plans were open for Basildon Council to increase the number of dwellings to 1,296 if it wished. Meridian believed that central government would require Basildon to build more houses.’’
The association fears the development will but strain on roads, doctors surgeries and schools in the area plus worsen flooding. It is also concerned about the impact on a wildlife corridor between Pitsea and Canvey marshes which it is claimed is home to great crested newts, adders, bats, woodpeckers, herons and muntjac deer.
The Echo contacted Meridian but got no response. However, reports filed with the application said it had consulted hundreds of residents and listed to their concerns.
It said: ‘’Meridian is delighted to submit a scheme that had the opportunity to listen to local residents concerns, addressing them wherever possible in the proposals. They are fully committed to stakeholder engagement, consultation and communication and to this end ensured that the local community were invited to give feedback on the proposals.”
Comments(11)
Cosmo Spring
says...
4:00pm Thu 21 Feb 13
stopmoaning1 wrote:what a non surprise, more of the green belt of this area flogged off for housing.
I had to read that twice for it to sink in that NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County Council bought the land to build on.
How about they build on green belt land in THEIR county
Solid gold pocket linings and trebles all round.....
Audioman
says...
4:17pm Thu 21 Feb 13
for the neady with low rents should
be good news all round.
Mikkel1
says...
4:19pm Thu 21 Feb 13
billericay boy
says...
6:27pm Thu 21 Feb 13
SARFENDMAN
says...
6:41am Fri 22 Feb 13
runwellian
says...
9:59am Fri 22 Feb 13
TheWizzard
says...
10:18am Fri 22 Feb 13
SARFENDMAN wrote:Billericay and Wickford are quite safe in Tory hands, hence all the sell offs in Basildon
Forget "Green Belt" is protected as we all used to think. No area is safe anymore so no surprise. Rochford Hall Road development of 650 houses on prime agricultural land, another "Green Belt" local example.
s00s93
says...
11:52am Fri 22 Feb 13
Audioman wrote:whose to say they will be cheap houses?
Boy that is good news more homes
for the neady with low rents should
be good news all round.
Lastlaugh...
says...
9:40pm Fri 22 Feb 13
This same council was led to believe another bit of land would be available in Basildon down Oak Rd...I wonder what happened to that deal?
mikepaterson
says...
2:51pm Sun 24 Feb 13
Lastlaugh... wrote:So Meridian "listed" to our concerns?
"Nottinghamshir
e County Council paid £4.2million for the site in january 2011"
This same council was led to believe another bit of land would be available in Basildon down Oak Rd...I wonder what happened to that deal?
They probably did list them and then promptly threw them away.
stopmoaning1 says...
3:58pm Thu 21 Feb 13
How about they build on green belt land in THEIR county