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Keeping our guard up –

Developers hoping to slip proposals through before AVDC’s new Core Strategy is in place?

Following AVDC’s rejection of the Newton Leys South development proposal and the Salden Chase Consortium being left with little other option (in our view) than to withdraw their proposal, the Newton Leys South developers (O&H Ltd) have put in an appeal.

Our area (Aylesbury Vale), like others around the country, is creating a new Core Strategy.  The previous AVDC Core Strategy was withdrawn when the new government removed the threat of compulsion on local authorities to build massive new urban developments.

A Core Strategy is a comprehensive document against which proposals by developers are checked to see whether they are compatible with the needs of local people – and during the time it takes to establish the new one (including extensive consultation with local people), developers may well try to slip through unwelcome developments before the door is closed.

What do we need to do to protect our local area?

We suggest two things:

1. Make clear your objections when any unwelcome proposals do arrive!
2. Contribute your views to the new AVDC Core Strategy through the Village Plan

The Village Plan is critically important – in respect of housing, it will represent the way the people of the village want it to develop (rather than the commercial interests of building companies). Yes, we may need some new housing, but it must be up to the local community to decide when and how much!

Once the new AVDC Core Strategy is in place, it is there to protect against inappropriate or unwelcome development for the next 20 years!