Grove Airfield Development Planning Committee

The outline planning application for the Grove Airfield development is scheduled to be determined at the next Vale Planning Committee on Wednesday 4th December at Grove Parish Church at 6.30pm.  I am not sure how the meeting is going to work considering this will be the first time that the committee has met in a church as far as I am aware!

Some of my comments already form part of the agenda which is here and a more fuller pack of responses is to be found in the appendices.  I shall be at the meeting and have submitted my name to speak.  However, I understand that all speakers will have to share 20 minutes, so the more people registered to speak, then the less time we shall have.   The recommendation is for the committee to permit the development subject to a list of Section 106 agreements for necessary infrastructure and many other conditions which have to be met.

This proposed development for 2,500 houses has been on the horizon for many years since first identified in the Local Plan in 2002.  Meanwhile, a number of other housing developments have now come on stream in the area, which puts even greater pressure on our roads, schools and local facilities.  The problem with the airfield is that it is very difficult to access from any of our main roads, so any route into the site involves either going all through the existing village or doing a loop around Mably Way.