Ragged Hall Lane – 53 Dwellings
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- Your email should be sent to:
pauline.dun@planningInspectorate.gov.uk
- Your email subject should include the appeal reference as follows:
Objection to appeal ref App/B1930/W/23/3331451
- You must include your full name, and your full postal address.
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The individual identity and character of existing settlements such as Chiswell Green will be destroyed if the Green Belt surrounding the village is built upon.
The proposal to build on Ragged Hall Lane will not only damage Green Belt land (eradicating the biodiversity that already populates the area) but would cause a precedent for any other building developers to gain approval for more housing estates to be built on local Green Belt.
Ragged Hall Lane is by nature limited in width. With cars parked along its sides and people using it as a by-pass to the traffic on Watford Road, it may not provide access for emergency services.
There is a risk of accidents increasing along Ragged Hall Lane as at present some drivers use it as a cut-through route. More new residents would mean more potential collisons. Especially as some parts of the lane have 30 mph speed limits and other parts of Ragged Hall Lane have 60mph speed limits.
St Albans needs starter homes, retirement properties and affordable 2 and 3 bedroomed family homes as well as social-rented accommodation. This development would destroy some of our valued Green Belt and do nothing to ease housing need in the St Albans area.
The applicant has not made any justifiable arguments to demonstrate that exceptional circumstances exist to justify the harm that development of the Green Belt would cause.
The NPPF states that if Green Belt land is used for development, various compensatory improvements need to be made. These include things like new infrastructure, woodland planting, landscaping, green and recreational spaces for residents to enjoy, enhanced infrastructure to include walking and cycle routes and improvement to biodiversity. How and where will these compensatory developments be delivered?
The design of the proposed houses is out of keeping with the other properties in the area and will harm the character of the area.
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