A group of locals campaigning against a green belt development in Kings Langley have said that the floodgates are open following the approval of a controversial development earlier this year.
In May, proposals to build 135 homes on the Rectory Farm site were approved on appeal, despite significant opposition from local group Green Belt Matters (GBM).
Now, Clovercourt Ltd, the developers behind new plans for 33 homes and a care home on the site of Shafford Knoll Farm in Nash Mills, have cited the Rectory Farm plans as an example as to why their project, also to be built on green belt, should be approved.
Posting on social media, GBM said: “We said the floodgates would open following the Rectory Farm and it’s not taken long for it to happen!
“Shafford Knoll is the first one in the queue with another green belt development which will expand our village and merge Kings Langley and Nash Mills.”
However, the new plans have seen objections from both residents and organisations consulted for comment, including Kings Langley Parish Council and UK Power Networks.
The latter stated: “In response to the attached planning application, my company would like to submit an objection. This has been created on the basis that I have not been able to locate any form of correspondence displaying a surrendered of interest to this site.”
Residents against the development cite potential issues such as traffic, pollution, and the effect on the local environment.
When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for Clovercourt Ltd said: “We appreciate the need for new homes isn’t shared by everyone with a home, but the desperate need for those without homes is too acute to ignore, especially for an ageing population.
“We regard this as a grey belt site in a very sustainable location! Britain needs to start building again.”
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What with through and local traffic the roads in the area are congested enough, we don’t need more traffic on our congested local roads.
Ŕegards Haydon Robinson