Revised Plans submitted!
SaveHaroldWood has just heard that Countryside submitted revised plans back in December! The full set of revised plans are available to view on the Havering website, but i have produced a comparison image. Click on the thumbnail image below to see the full size image.
I live right next to this site and have seen no notification of such changes. I urge you to make comments on the Havering Planning website about these new plans, as i fear that no comments may be seen as an acceptance of the entire development!
http://www.havering.gov.uk
Search for Application Number P0702.08
The cynic in me believes that this is a ploy by Countryside but its frustrating that communication has not been distributed by the council to addresses nearby. If you have recieved notification through your door, let me know.
Ron Ower (HRA) is trying to do another distribution of leaflets in the area, so if you are able to help - even if its just a few - please let me know
February 5th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Hello Tony and Kate, it’s good for you, but sucks to be us! Now we’ve got 3 stories rather than two on ground already 4-6 feet above the level of our ground floor. Not happy about that!
Looks like it’s letter number 2 going into the council. Speaking of which, am I right in saying the council should have responded individually to concerns raised in our first letters? (We experienced flooding in Sackville Court when Countryside took over the site and stopped maintaining a pump house)
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I agree that this is definitly a step in the right direction and proves that Countryside (or the Council) have taken notice of individual concerns.
I live in The Drive and was not notified, so I think you are most likely right that only those directly affected were told.
But whilst this was a good change for a few people, I am very worried that the “voice of the town” is being ignored overall. the number of properties has not been reduced - just created another block of flats!!
-Rob
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
As far as I am aware all the residents that are affected directly by the new plans, only 12 homes in total, have received notification of the changes submitted in December.
We believe that the new plans for the North West corner have been made in response to the complaints made collectively and individually by the residents of The Drive and Sackville Crescent last January. We were originally to have townhouses built at the bottom of our gardens and these would have looked directly into our properties, in some cases they were no more than fifty feet from our backdoors.
We are personally very happy with the new plans but are still unhappy with the project overall and will continue to raise our objections regarding roads, schools doctors etc.
We are sure this is not a devious or cynical plot to deceive or trick us into accepting the development as a whole and I hope our result will encourage everybody to continue to raise their particular issues as the developers appear to have listened to ours.