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Paragraph 5 & 6
Supporting Reports & Actions

I suggest that:

• The current application is withdrawn;
• The full specification of the integrated development is disclosed, and after consultation
with AWVC and residents, becomes the new starting point;

• The plans for the WH:EDF site are revised - in the context of the integrated plan - and
has a density of no greater than 20DdHa per hectare: this means approval of around
25 units of a design consistent with adjoining properties (see Attachment 11);

• Traffic experts conduct a junction audit and consider internal and external traffic flows
and parking needs for the current application and integrated development;
• Pavements on the A22 are improved to assist disabled residents and families with
pushchairs;

• A pedestrian crossing (or traffic lights) is provided on the A22: somewhere near the
access points to Brambletye School. This will result in breaks to traffic flows and assist
all residents turn safely onto and from the A22;

• Before construction begins, the developer provides Ashbourne Park with a new and
separate entrance onto the A22 (or linking to the existing Pips Cottage drive: see
Attachment 16). This protects Ashbourne Park during and after what would be a long
and disruptive construction phase.

• All offset calculations are reviewed.
Councillor Belsey advised me that you can only review this submission once it is loaded onto
the MSDC website. I plead for a more discreet approach, but it’s your decision. All I want is
to see the sites built with a density and design that does not destroy Ashurst Wood and gives
the developer a fair return. I am willing to meet at any time.
Yours sincerely,

Michael Comer

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