Update of Flats Planning Application 2141/06 Village
Centre Phase 2
A
meeting was held on the 14th December 2006 between MSDC and Crest
where this application was discussed in detail.
What
we ascertain from the minutes ( of which we have a
copy) this proposal was given a good airing with input from officers from
Suffolk County Council, and others also in attendance. The Police and Fire
Officers reports have been passed to Crest
We asked for a short summary of where we are
now and have received a ‘position statement’ from Phillipa
Kelly the Senior Planning Officer assigned to this application. It reads as
follows:-
Planning
Application 2141/06 for the Village centre Phase 2 Site, Cedars Park
was submitted to Mid Suffolk District Council in September 2006. the application has been the subject of widespread
consultation. In addition, over 200 letters of objection were received from
local residents.
Mid
Suffolk District Council has been working with the developer, Crest Nicholson,
to achieve a revised design. This will seek to address many of the concerns
raised during the consultation process.
It
is hoped that a new planning application for this site will be submitted at the
end of January/early February 2007. The developer will be encouraged to under
take local publicity prior to the application being submitted. Those people who
wrote to the Planning Department regarding application 2141/06 will be informed
of any new application on this site.
Message
ends.
Comment;
We
cannot pre-empt what the new design will be ; however
we have voiced our ongoing fears and serious reservations about high rise
development in Cedars
Park some of which were
echoed in the Police summary.
One
general comment would be that we cannot imagine anything less like a village
centre than a proposal for high rise buildings.
We
are pleased however that the planning officer Phillipa
Kelly has asked Crest for a road show/exhibit before new planning application
comes in. We may even ask our MP David Ruffley to get
behind this in the event that Crest do not accede to this request
We
now await the next stage
