Sunday, May 13, 2007
Defending our Green Belt
Plans for Green Belt housing development at The Limes/White Lodge, Sewardstone Road
Despite our objections, Epping Forest District Council is determined to go ahead with a plan for over 100 homes on this site, just over the Waltham Forest border, near the Yardley Lane Estate.
PUBLIC INQUIRY NEEDED Both the Council and Chingford & Woodford Green Liberal Democrats made representations to the relevant Government department, known as GO-East. We asked that the plans should be "called in" for a Public Inquiry. Disgracefully, this request was refused.
NEW HOPE ? Now GO-East has informed local Lib Dems that, rather belatedly, the Secretary of State would like "more information on the impact of the proposals on the Green Belt" - one of the key points we raised.
Local Liberal Democrats will therefore make further submissions about the need to protect our Green Belt. If this development were to go ahead it could open the floodgates for more and more housing on this quite rural stretch of Sewardstone Road between Chingford and Waltham Abbey. Also, the implications for local services and traffic would be very serious. We must now await the outcome, but will keep opposing this scheme and will press for a change of plan or at least a Public Inquiry.
# posted by John Beanse @ 8:21 AM 
