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order to minimise the impact on local residents during the construction period and undertake
work in accordance with those details”. The application is silent on this and, although we can
appreciate the difficulties in reaching agreement at this stage, we believe the developer
should include in the application their intentions in this respect so that their adequacy can
be assessed.

8. There still appears to be inadequate provision for communal storage areas. We can see no
provision in the plans for either individual or communal secure storage facilities. This is a
common drawback of many blocks of flats. All families, of whatever size, need storage space.
These flats are designed to be compact with open-plan living areas and little individual
storage. There appears to be no communal storage whatsoever. We feel this is a design flaw
that should be addressed.

In summary we believe that this application shows many of the flaws present in the earlier rejected
DM/18/1548. The applicant appears to have ignored the vast majority of the individual reasons
given for objection included in your letter to them of 11 March 2019, including continuing to ignore
the principles and policies included in the AWNP. It is also a fact that all of these points were
exhaustively discussed with them during the protracted negotiations over the earlier proposals
which led to the substantially modified plan which they then withdrew. Clearly they were well aware
of the deficiencies of their first proposals but have, nevertheless, decided to cynically propagate
them.

We therefore believe that this new proposal should also be rejected.

As we have made clear many times before, we have no objection to the EDF site being developed.
We would welcome a sympathetic proposal that preserves the character of the area and the village
and which meets the requirements of local and national planning policy and the specific
requirements of the AWNP. This is not such a proposal.

Yours Sincerely,

A M Tillin
Chairman, Ashbourne Park Owners’ Association