The Champion l Wednesday 15 January 2020
Town council to present ‘list of objections’ over plan for 1,600 homes Potential loss of public benefits and delays to building ‘spine road’ are among concerns
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Report by Jim Sharpe A LIST of formal objections to plans for the large-scale development on the land east of Maghull will be presented by the town council at the special meeting of Sefton Council’s Planning Committee to be held later this month. The town council has submitted a “comprehensive list of objections” as to why the proposals to build more than 1,600 homes A computer generated image of how the southern should be rejected as they currently stand development will look. which they will present to the special meeting at of public benefits including parks and other infraBootle Town Hall on Wednesday, January 22 at structure and mix/affordable housing. 1pm. “In short, we believe that the current proposals Town Council leader, Councillor Patrick McKinley, may breach Sefton’s own Local Plan policies and the said: “We have scrutinised the planning proposals National Policy Planning Framework.” and believe as they currently stand they should be And Councillor John Sayers said the town council rejected.” had tried to work with the developers to get a spine He said this is not ‘knee-jerk reaction’ against road through the estate at the beginning of the development per se but rather the result of detailed development “to save years of chaos on local analysis using planning law. roads.” He said the objections are based on detailed, He said: “We even managed to negotiate a loan at sound evidential scrutiny by very experienced and a very low rate of interest to help the developers well respected planning consultants. deliver this. Mr McKinley added: “Our objections include “We did this because they assert that they couldn't insufficient supporting evidence being supplied to afford to deliver this up front, despite that among meet planning requirements, the lack of a co-ordin- the development consortium are some of the biggest ated approach to the development, including developers in the country. shortcomings in the masterplan which have not “To date, the developers have not agreed to been addressed, and potential loss or non-delivery provide the spine road up front.”
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