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shared ownership appears to be viable. As a result, at this stage, on the grounds of
viability we will only be requiring the 9 affordable housing units to be provided. The
viability position will however be reviewed at a later date in the project in accordance
with our Development Viability SPD when more accurate information about costs
and values will be able to be provided.

Drainage Officer

No objection subject to conditions

Contaminated Land Officer

No objection subject to conditions.

Environmental Health Officer

No objection subject to conditions.

Ecological Consultant

To be reported

ASHURST WOOD PARISH COUNCIL

The minor amendments to the application do not address the objections of the
Village Council set out in detail in the consultation response dated 24th April 2019.

The Urban Designer, in his response dated 30th May 2019, states that 'the scheme
still represents a high density for its edge-of-settlement location and has been
justified by the 50+ dwelling allocation in the Ashurst Wood Neighbourhood Plan.' As
previously stated, there is not a 50+ dwelling allocation in the Plan. The application
must be assessed against policy ASW9 and the Urban Designer's statement
confirms that the scheme conflicts with ASW9 (a).
The number of units therefore needs to be reduced.

The Applicant's Planning Consultant, Frank Taylor, states 'If EDF were not to be
developed to its allocated 50+ units, one wonders where else development would be
preferred. There is no obvious way of meeting the required 62 units..'

The Neighbourhood Plan, policy ASW5, provides for 62+ new dwellings over the
Plan period 2015 - 2031, to be delivered on both allocated and windfall sites. Since
2015, permission has been granted for 14 dwellings on allocated sites and 14
dwellings on windfall sites. 50 dwellings were delivered between 2001 and 2014
(including the developments at Ashbourne House and Carlton House). The Village
Council is confident that sufficient sites will come forward between now and 2031,
even with a lower number on the EDF site than suggested in the Plan.

The Village Council produced the Neighbourhood Plan with the support of the
community and the Plan stresses the importance of respecting the scale and positive