I want assurances that the Deputy Prime Minister will safeguard our farmland
I have sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government: the Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP.
In it I press for assurances that the protection of agricultural land will be a material consideration by whoever determines the Highsted Park planning application.
My letter is attached below.
Also, Cllr Julien Speed and Cllr Lloyd Bowen are pushing for the decision-maker on Highsted Park to visit the site to see the impact the development would have on the local area.
Among other things, the decision-maker must appreciate how narrow the country lanes are and how rammed they can get at certain times of the day.
They tabled a motion which successfully passed. Their motion is also attached below.
