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The state it is now? According to you the council could not organise a piss up in a brewery. Good job the council did let the developers do what they want, eh?

I think Cognosco is suggesting that West Berks cannot oganise a "piss up in a brewery" as you put it, and it's BECAUSE of this the district is in such a mess and developers are allowed to do what they want.

First of all, looking at the planning application detail, I see no mention of the Labour party or its representative making any formal objection to the planning application. So, who was it sent to, when and why is it not within the application. Was this just a release to the local paper. If you can see the objection on the WBC planning Richard then perhaps you could point us to it.

As far as the low cost housing is concerned, there is a paper within the application, which is in the public domain, from Sovereign Housing. From reading the document, it appears that they have been working with David Wilson Homes both in the past and on this development and seem to be quite happy with the proposals for this development and that the expectation is for 30%.

1 Bedroom apartment  16%
2 Bedroom apartment   54%
2 Bedroom house         17%
3 Bedroom house        10%
4 Bedroom house          3%

Their proposal is that of these affordable houses, 70% will be provided for affordable rent and 30% for low cost home ownership.
The low cost ownership properties 40% equity will be sold with a rental of 2.75% of the unsold equity.

The precise percentage of affordable housing proposed in the current application is 26.3% (111 units of the 422 proposed in this phase), and I have verified that with the planning department. This is why I was concerned, the documentation and detail in the documents on planning portal mainly relates to the outline planning permission which has already been approved, but this is a reserve matters application which means you can only object against detail that varies from that outline permission.

I have objected via planning portal, here is the confirmation I recieved:

PublicAccess for Planning  - Application Comments (11/00723/RESMAJ)

"Richard Garvie", you have been sent this email because you or somebody else has submitted a comment on a Planning Application to West Berkshire DC using your email address.

A summary of your comments is provided below.


Comments were submitted at 19/05/2011 17:17:02 from info@richardgarvie.com

Application Summary
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Application Number: 11/00723/RESMAJ

Address:
Newbury Racecourse Plc
The Racecourse
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 7NZ


Proposal:
Construction of 422 dwellings with associated access and amenities (Reserved Matters) for area "C" Western Area. Matters seeking consent Appearance, Landscaping, Layout, and Scale.

Case Officer:
Michael Butler

Customer Details
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Name:
Richard Garvie

Address:
XXX XXX
Thatcham
West Berkshire
RGXX 3XX
Customer objects to the Planning Application.

Comments:
I would like to object on the grounds that this application does not meet the outline planning consent regarding affordable housing. In the outline application, we were assured that there would be a minimum requirement of 30%, and the new application suggests just 26.3%. This is unacceptable.




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