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We would also like to further pursue how the 50+ number was arrived at, and the answer may
reside in the relative sizes of the Ashbourne Park and the EDF sites. We believe that an assumption
may have been made when the Neighbourhood Plan was agreed that the whole of the EDF site
(1.473 hectares) was suitable for development rather than the area other than the ancient woodland
(0.8 hectares). Had that been so then the theoretical capacity of the site would have been
1.473/0.358 x 14 = 57 units – not a million miles from the 50+ alighted upon.

It is abundantly clear that not only does this scheme, like its predecessor, utterly fail to meet so
many of the critical policies of the Neighbourhood Plan, but it now seems that it may have been
based in terms of scale on a fundamental mathematical misunderstanding which, if left uncorrected,
would result in a gross, and possibly un-needed, development of this site. We are of the view that,
should the capacity of the site be reduced to come in line with the scale of the adjacent area then
there would be scope to incorporate a mix of both houses and flats, increase the garden space
available to residents, and also solve the problem of inadequate parking.

This proposal should be rejected and any future scheme that is submitted should be based on a
reduced capacity for the site and should be specifically required to comply with the agreed policies
in the Neighbourhood Plan.

Yours sincerely,

A M Tillin

Chairman, Ashbourne Park Owners’ Association