From the District Council website, information on two forthcoming planning appeals in Hawkwell and the Stambridge /Rochford border:
“Planning Appeal Rectory Road / Main Road, South Hawkwell
Planning permission was recently refused by the council for an outline planning application for up to 330 residential dwellings.
The applicant has lodged an appeal against this decision to the independent Planning Inspectorate (PINS). The appeal form and grounds for appeal can be found in Related Documents below here.
An Inquiry will be heard by an Inspector into the matter in spring 2010. Local residents and others are welcome to attend and ask to address the Inquiry.”
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Planning Appeal Coombes Farm
Planning permission was recently refused by the council for an outline planning application for up to 326 residential dwellings.
The applicant has lodged an appeal against this decision to the independent Planning Inspectorate (PINS). The appeal form and grounds for appeal can be found in Related Documents below here and here
In due course, a Inquiry will be heard by an Inspector into the matter in spring 2010. Local residents and others are welcome to attend and ask to address the Inquiry.
Hawkwell Councillor John Mason writes at length about the situation here. His key paragraph:
You would hope, wouldn?t you that the Government would not allow developers to confound a democratic process of agreement of a Core Strategy by allowing developers to get round the system. The Government should not and it could stop this nonsense if only it were to appoint the same Planning Inspector who is to examine the Core Strategy to also decide on these two planning appeals and hold the Planning Appeals to coincide with the Core Strategy Examination in Public. Will this happen? Not unless enough residents write personally to Prime Minister Gordon Brown and get the public support of David Cameron and appeal for common sense.