HOCKLEY HEATH MARINA – PLAN REF W O9/1258

FINAL PLANNING STAGE!

WHAT NEXT?

When the Applicant has submitted final arguments & evidence of need, the next stage will be: Referral of the Marina Plans to the Planning Committee. The next possible date for this to happen is Wednesday, 28 April. The Area Planning Officer will confirm, on or about 14 April, whether the plans will go to the Committee on April 28, or whether it will be postponed to a later date.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Write/email to Warwick Planning
  • to agree that the Marina Plans are “inappropriate development”, or
  • to give your views of the Statement of Material Considerations
• Please Attend the Planning Committee Hearing
  • We’re hoping for a good turnout from residents, to show the strength of local feeling (We will let you know the final Date in advance but the venue will be Leamington Town Hall, start time 1800 hours.)

WARWICK DISTRICT PLANNING WEBSITE

• All of the key documents, relating to latest developments, are covered by correspondence on the Council’s website. You can access this by clicking on the following link:
• http://estates2.warwickdc.gov.uk/PlanningRegister/WEB/forms/applicationFurtherInformation.aspx

(Click on “View Documents”). We attach a list of the most important emails & documents from the website, for your reference.

FROM: Tony Pledger, Chris Buckle, Amanda Tullah, Mark Dakeyne ON BEHALF OF: Local Residents Marina Opposition Group. Please address all enquires to email: Amanda@tullah.co.uk or tel: 01564 785135

ATTACHMENT:

WDC PLANNING WEBSITE – DATED LIST (and Links) OF LATEST KEY DOCUMENTS

15 December 2009 – Email from Martin Haslett to Jeff Mason:

WDC Planning “do not consider the (marina) proposal to be ‘appropriate development’ in the green belt”, & asked the developer for a statement of Very Special Circumstances, to justify the development at the Sands Farm location.

16 February 2010 – Statement of Material Considerations: (the link takes a little time to open)http://planningdocuments.warwickdc.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Other-250206.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=250206&location=volume1&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=25

This document sets out the developer’s arguments for “Very Special Circumstances”. The document is supported by:

1. 15 Feb 2010 letter from MJ Downes of developer’s planning consultants
2. 15 Feb 2010 “British Waterways Summary” document, setting out “The Need for Moorings in Solihull”
3. 19 Feb 2010 “Supplementary Note” email from Jeff Mason of GJP (the developer), addressing points raised by “objectors”.

March 2010 Responses by Local Residents’ Opposition Group Committee:

1. 09 March 2010 – “Marina Opp Group Response to Applicants Statement of Material Consideration” http://planningdocuments.warwickdc.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Consultation%20Response-254719.htm?extension=.htm&id=254719&location=volume1&contentType=text/html&pageCount=1
2. 11 March 2010 - “Marina Opp Group Response (Document 2) This is not a direct link, but takes you to the list of documents. http://planningdocuments.warwickdc.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=W/09/1258
3. 14 March 2010 – Email from Mark Dakeyne to Martin Haslett. http://planningdocuments.warwickdc.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Consultation%20Response-256700.htm?extension=.htm&id=256700&location=volume1&contentType=text/html&pageCount=1