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Rather than maintaining or enhancing sustainability, the proposed development will destroy
the village for present and future generations. It the polar opposite of sustainability.

The potential developments are obscured by rumour and incomplete information, making it
impossible to separate fact from fiction. The attached paper is a distillation of the thousands
of documents relating to the application. It is a work in progress to encourage modification
of the development plans or, in the alternative, produce an agreed Statement of Facts to
avoid or simplify the issues for Judicial Review. I hope a solution can be found and I
apologise if this letter anticipates a problem whose solution is already in hand.

The attached paper lists my objections – based current understanding - and is unapologetically
lengthy. Detail is necessary to create an audit trail of the facts and extrapolations relied upon
and to encourage developers and officials to think again about plans that are unsustainable.

Over the coming weeks, MSDC officials will have to decide if the current application will be
approved. I have been told that planners can only consider the application before them and
are not allowed to take a wider view; in this case it is claimed they must disregard the
integrated development of an estimated 120+ units. This would be unwise.

Planners and officials will not be forgiven if they approve the current application – as the thin
end of a wedge - and then another much larger integrated scheme – lurking in the
background – is exposed.

They need to remember that time will tell. If parts of Ashurst Wood degenerate into an
urban ghetto, as I and many others fear, there can be no excuses.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Comer