Core Strategy Update
29 April 2010
The dates of Examination of the Castle Point Borough Council Core Strategy Document have been announced. The Examination will open on Tuesday 22nd June 2010 in the Council Chamber.
We have been invited to appear and we have confirmed our intention to so do, as yet we have no details of scheduling.
The Examination will allow the Canvey Greenbelt Campaign for the first time an impartial review of all of our concerns regarding the threat to our diminishing green belt, living in the shadow of the nearby hazardous industries, surface water drainage problems and the integrity of building on the flood plain.
Some 1,800 new homes are intended for Canvey Island, we believe the infrastructure is inadequate with no sign of any overall improvement. The Council document, Optimising Land Use, could well mean this figure is increased dramatically. Remember the Island has no emergency plan and the access / egress routes singularly converge at Waterside Farm Roundabout. We are therefore looking for a name to take responsibility should any disaster befall the Island. The Council have passed on this responsibility, thus compromising the Planning Inspectorate.
The Secretary of State has appointed Paul Crysell as the Inspector to conduct the Examination.Our submission relating to the Council’s Core Strategy Document
can be viewed by following this Link. We handed our document into the Council on Friday 8th January in good time for inclusion and have stated our wish to attend the Planning Inspector’s review. We take some encouragement from the major Agencies and local companies concerns over the Plan.
We hope you will read through our document and agree that we have been as thorough and concise as is possible.
We look forward to receiving your feedback by emailing gb@canveygb.co.uk
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Download a PDF copy of our Presentation to the Concil. Click HERE to download |
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The purpose of the campaign is to stop the last area of natural Green Belt Canvey Island land, inside the perimeter Roadway, being swallowed up by Developers. Castle Point Council claim they are under pressure by the Government's East of England Authority to build on the Green Belt on Canvey Island. This is absolute rubbish. This is the easy option. The land behind the Dutch Village is owned by Developers whereas the ample Brownfield sites are not. Brownfield site owners apparently do not want to sell. They probably didn't when they were asked but perhaps they would now. Even the banks are on their knees. Times have changed, re- negotiate. Stop putting Money ahead of Canvey people’s quality of life.
Core Strategy Brochure.
The wonderful colour brochure, supposedly sent to every home in the Borough. Well my team, and I, canvassed the 120 homes on the Dutch Village Estate and there were many complaints from people who didn't receive theirs. OK there will be some that binned them without realising what was inside, but not all. I will be asking if the Council have conducted a telephone poll of the area to find out how many homes did or didn't receive them. Is this deception?. Without the diagram of the plan to show how the Dutch Village Estate Green Belt land is going to be concreted over, we were told of "the land to the east of Canvey Road".
NO, "THE DUTCH VILLAGE ESTATE, GREEN BELT FIELDS" !!!
Now we know what you are up to. So let's be fair, abandon the Core Strategy review with it's ambiguous questions. Let's hold a Referendum. One question, two options for the answer.No, do you agree? Do you agree a little bit? Do you agree a teensy bit? Style of questions which the Planners can manipulate to get the 64,000 dollar answer they would like.
Now look at our Referendum result on the News page to see what Canvey people really think !!!
The Core Strategy, local development framework warns of the hazards simply living on Canvey Island presents residents with. This has been encompassed into our argument. To add more numbers to the population is wrong.
We have printed our own window posters and if you contact me through the click here “support” button on this page I will get one to you.
YOUR ISLAND NEEDS YOU!
This is all about finding out what we are made of. We can lay down and roll over or we can make the Island aware. The councillors will listen, and they have an important decision to make, and then the Planners will have to.
Remember they are supposed to be representing and working for us. Tell somebody else about this website, get them to add their support and receive updates.
DON'T ROLL OVER, YOU ARE CANVEY
COMMITEE
Advisors
Ex Mayor Dennis Williams. George Whatley, Steve Sawkins.
Chairman
Graham Bracci.
Link to the Council’s Core Strategy Proposed Document and accompanying documents
and submitted comments from the various Agencies and individuals. The process is now closed to comments.
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The Castle Point Borough Council Core Strategy document that we researched and campaigned so hard to alter was adopted on the evening of the 29th September 2009. The debate, and most importantly, the vote can be viewed via this LINK to the Castle Point Council web cam archive for 29th September.
Webcam Link
There you can see who represented us and who opposed us. You will notice how the debate distastefully develops into a Mainland / Island split. Hardly surprising as it became apparent the controlling group of Councillors had premeditated a vote in favour of their wards interest rather than the Borough as a whole, which is deeply dissappointing as we had purposely tried to avoid this damaging conflict. You should note your Councillor’s contribution, note whether they had an interest, sent apology for absence and supported or disagreed with the document.
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