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In the last issue,
we wrote in some detail about the application to start an "organic farm"
on the land between Lodge Road and Tape Lane,
writes John Lemon.
It was refused by
WDC, and the applicants had appealed.
Since then, the appeal has been "upgraded" to an informal hearing
on 1st June at the WDC offices at Shute End.
Our thanks to those of you who wrote to the Planning Inspector earlier.
The Society has also written to amplify and add to our original objections.
(Incidentally, did you see the sheets of water across those fields when it rained in April -
maybe it's going to be an organic fish farm!)
We shall be at the hearing to ensure that all the important issues are made known.
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Briefly, this organic farm shop business is not appropriate for the site,
which is designated a Setting of Settlement
(of special significance in maintaining the landscape setting and/or
the individual character of settlements).
The majority of the goods sold at the shop would be brought in from elsewhere
(some from abroad), and not grown on site.
The proposed mobile home would be both intrusive and unnecessary.
Once building is established on such a site, it is easier to develop further,
and we see such a proposal as a foot in the door for the future,
and are therefore determined to fight the appeal.
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