Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 2568

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 2.24/2.25/2.26:
The character of Grantham being urban areas interwoven with beautiful fields, a town which integrates into open countryside, is being destroyed by development.
This contradicts point 2.24

2.25 The increased traffic along Manthorpe Road and Gonerby Road/North Parade will increase the already high levels of pollution and congestion in the north of Grantham. Levels of NO2 (Nitrogen Dioxide) were dangerous not so long ago. This caused Grantham to set up the air quality management zone. Long-term exposure to high levels of nitrogen dioxise can cause chronic lung disease. It affects senses including ability to smell etc.It is a major contribution to ozone which is harmful when inhaled.

Object

Representation ID: 2569

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 2.37 to 2.40
Grantham residents do not have a Parish Council (Town Council) and are therefore disadvantaged towards protecting their community from over development. This consultation is lacking the opinion of the local community gained from the knowledge and general discussions associated with a Neighbourhood Plan.

The planning team should have consulted the townsfolk of Grantham specifically due to their lack of representation. This is a major flaw in this site allocation as government moves towards consultation and listening to local people.

Object

Representation ID: 2570

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 3.1: reference SKPR-57
The local plan will considerably lower the quality of life of residents living in Gonerby Hill Foot and the surrounding area. Traffic congestion, pollution,removal of the little green space residents have left will leave residents vulnerable to increasing mental health issues, physical health and emotional wellbeing issues due to the removal of open walking areas.

Gonerby Hill Foot is sandwiched between two railway lines. This limits the availability to access green open spaces. With a private golf club as the northern boundary and a pay for NT Grade 1 listed forming another major land use, it will force dog walkers and recreational walkers in to their vehicles.

Object

Representation ID: 2571

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 2041 Vision for South Kesteven: reference SKPR-57

One of Grantham’s best features is its combination of urban and rural areas. In recent years this characteristic has been eroded. The Gonerby Hill Foot estate is a jewel in Grantham’s crown. To destroy its charm, lower the appeal of the Belton House NT site, and ignore the significant issues of road infrastructure is reckless and against the interests of the community. There is no regard given for the rights of existing residents to access a green open space or the destruction of a main characteristic of Grantham itself.

Object

Representation ID: 2572

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 3.4/3.6 Strategic Objectives for the local plan: reference SKPR-57

Objective 11 refers to supporting existing community infrastructure… such as enhanced open spave provision. In Gonerby Hill Foot’s case the unique positioning between two railway lines means this open space SKPR-57 is a vital part of the residents’ open space requirements and used by many for recreational purposes.

Objective 15. To minimise pollution. Grantham suffers with a vehicle pollution issue due to the design of the housing and road infrastructure in the north of the town. Any new developments will rely on two main roads in to the town centre, both of which are heavily congested already and both of which are being monitored for NO2 pollution. It would be reckless to add more vehicles to this already highly problematic issue.

Object

Representation ID: 2573

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 4.2 Planning policies reference SKPR-57
The character of Grantham is being severely impacted by this proposal to build into the skyline and high in to the escarpment that surrounds the town.

Object

Representation ID: 2574

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to SD1: The Principles of Sustainable Development in South Kesteven reference
SKPR-57

“How they can minimise the need to travel”… the site is located too far away from the town centre for any option apart from driving. It is not a spur from the town centre but a bolt on to the northerly side of an existing and already quite distant estate.

Point f: Pollution. As discussed this is a major issue in Grantham. (See previous responses).

Object

Representation ID: 2575

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to 6.8 to 6.10 reference SKPR-57

The three market towns are “considered to be the next most sustainable locations for growth”. It should be noted that Bourne seems to have a far lower level of proposed development than you would expect. Why is this?

Object

Representation ID: 2576

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to SP2: Settlement Hierarchy reference SKPR-57

It is very hard to find any way that a development built on to a hillside within view of the town’s Grade 1 listed heritage sites, and becoming the first major development to encroach in to the Grantham “bowl” of surrounding hillside, can not compromise the town’s nature and character.

If the land was not prominent hillside then this would not be such an issue. But it is, and it is nonsensical to ignore these facts.

Object

Representation ID: 2577

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Gonerby Hill Foot Community Group

Response to SP4: New Residential Development on the Edge of Settlements. reference SKPR-57

Point (a) “demonstrate clear evidence of substantial support from the local community” – we can clearly show opposition from the vast majority of the community.

Point (d) “be appropriate to the landscape, environmental and heritage characteristics of the area”. The site will certainly degrade the Belton House NT approach and views from the house, the Belmount Tower and St Wulframs church.

Point (e) is questionable. Grantham already has vast numbers of houses planned. Plus we know of other sites not included in these plans which developers will want to develop.