Chalfont Heights Roads Committee Limited has submitted its response to Chiltern District Council’s public consultation regarding Gypsy, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Site Options.

The response objects to the identification of Area 4 as a potentially suitable site and makes the point that with four other sites in the immediate neighbourhood, Chalfont St Peter has arguably provided more than its fair share of sites.

The grounds for objection in relation to Area 4 include the following:

• the proposal is contrary to the Council’s own policies
  • it should have been excluded at Stage One because it is in a designated Area of Little Change
  • it will not be possible to provide adequate visual and acoustic screening
  • it will not be possible to connect to existing infrastructure – particularly sewers – without placing an unsustainable additional burden on them
  • under its own Core Strategy 14, the Council cannot propose a site within the Green Belt unless it can demonstrate – which it has not – that there are NO other sites available outside the Green Belt

• the infrastructure of the village will be inadequate, given impending developments at The Holy Cross site, The NSE and elsewhere
• increased pedestrian traffic along the rights of way over the adjacent fields would give rise to additional security risks
• public reaction – whether justified or not – to a site adjacent to the Paccar Scout Camp would be hostile and damaging

We encourage residents of the Estate who have a view about the suitability or otherwise of Area 4 as a site for Gypsies or Travellers to make their own individual submissions following the procedure set out on the Council’s website at http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/planning/deliverydevelopmentplandocument  In making submissions, residents should bear in mind that:

• the Council is likely to disregard in their entirety any submissions containing discriminatory or offensive material;
• individually drafted submissions are likely to carry more weight than those containing material cut and pasted from other submissions or sources.

The deadline for receipt of submissions by the Council is Monday, 14th October. Click HERE for the Response Form.