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• --- provide a mix of dwelling types;

• ---- demonstrate that the development can be achieved without harmful impact on the
amenity of residents of Ashbourne House and Carlton House;
• Show that the residential development is sensitively incorporated into the historic
character of buildings on the site.

All of the above are violated in the proposed developments.

The “scale” (represented in terms density of dwellings per hectare or DdHa) of

o Ashbourne Park is 28 DdHa;

o Ashurst Wood village is 3.19 DdHa;
o The average of Category 3 villages (of which Ashurst Wood is part) is 1.12

DdHa;

o Spinney Hills and Willow Trees (an adjacent concurrent application approved

by MSDC) is 10.53 DdHa;

and the proposed development of 71 units is 85 DdHa.
If this scaling had been accurately applied to the WH:EDF

Sustainability explanation

3. A detailed appraisal made by the Steering Group and approved by MSDC (Attachment 1
for the WH:EDF Site 13) states:

a) The site’s gross area is 1.2 hectares which includes 0.4 hectares of ancient woodland;
b) Two outline proposals had been submitted: one for a mixture of 70 houses and flats
and another for 68; most of which would be three storeys;

c) The site is suitable for development with a “potential housing capacity” of 50+ units
but continues:
“There is public support for this brownfield development. Two apartment blocks, totalling 14
flats have been built on a former part of the site and development at a similar scale would be
acceptable, but careful design would be needed to respect the character of the adjoining and
neighbouring buildings, including the adjacent Victorian manor house”.
6. This statement is critically important in understanding the current impasse over the
“approved” density or “minimum requirement” of the WH:EDF site.

• The density of the Ashbourne Park site - for the 14 apartments referred to - is
estimated at 28 dwellings per hectare (DdHa);

• If the “scale” were correctly applied to the EDF site – as specified by the Steering
Group - the result would be no more than 22 units, including affordable housing and
not 71 as submitted in the application;
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