Following the recent scare that the fate of Ruddington’s Green Belt was to be decided on 12th September, we now have been informed of further consultation on Local Plan Part 2:Preferred Housing Sites.
Consultation on the Local Plan will commence on Monday 9 October 2017 and finish at 5pm on Monday 27 November 2017 with an exhibition event to be held at St Peter’s Rooms, Tuesday 17th October 4-8pm.
This is great news, that there is still hope for guiding the Council to make appropriate decisions for the village however, it is essential that residents take this opportunity. The last consultation attracted a disappointing 130 responses out of over 7,000 residents- yet was still taken into account in decision making.
We have asked our representatives to re-alliterate concerns over RUD 1 as well as concerns that consultations are not being communicated effectively enough to gain what can be considered a representative response.
How to make your comments:
- At the event on the 17th October
- Via email localdevelopment@rushcliffe.gov.uk
- Online (once made available) http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/planningpolicy/
What’s new?
During the meeting on the 12th it was unanimously voted to recommend the following:
Recommendation:
It is RECOMMENDED that Cabinet
a) Supports the proposed housing and mixed use site allocations as recommended in the report;
b) Supports publication of the proposed housing and mixed use site allocations for the purposes of public consultation; and
c) Delegates authority to the Executive Manager-–-Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing, to determine the form of consultation and the detail of the main consultation document.
This means that Ruddington is still in line for the following housing allocations by 2028:-
The main concern here is that the plan and the main decisions to be made are regarding rescinding areas of Green Belt in Ruddington to make room for what is now nearly double the number of homes originally proposed. There are 4 areas in Ruddington that appear on the cards – most worryingly what is listed at RUD 1 – which still appears to included the covenanted land of Sellors’ Playing field.
We encourage everyone to once again take this opportunity to have their say.
Protect Ruddington 