Agenda with Maps and Applications (21Mb) - pdf - Selby District ...

• Building affordable houses will attract the wrong type of person from
outside Sherburn and this will lead to a higher crime rate which will
reflect what has happened already from the new estate at the
bottom of Moor Lane.
• Plan is for 700 to 1000 houses in the fields, these builds could be 5
to 10 years depending on sales and general Market conditions,
bearing in mind that actual experience of developers who have built
in Sherburn is that they have abandoned sites for months and
indeed years on end when it suits them and do not believe any time
scales will be imposed if planning is granted. There is currently
plenty of available housing of all values and sizes left unsold in
Sherburn including on the applicants own existing sites and do not
believe that there is a need for the level of social or affordable
housing that is being applied to these sites
• The council cannot demonstrate any local need for over 200
affordable homes given that it is unable to nominate too many types
of accommodation in the area leaving voids unfilled for several
months. It is apparent that in an attempt to fill vacancies, it has
imported new residents from the Wakefield area, some of whom are
now contributing to a significant increase in local anti social
behaviour to the detriment of local (elderly) residents. It is likely that
any increase in provision will be filled by residents with no
connection or ties to the area and it is still common practice for
social landlords and councils to offload problems outside of their
area.
• The council also decided to transfer properties on the existing new
development to the management of Broadacres Housing
Association whose nearest office is Northallerton, who have no
connection or interest in the area save for expanding their
development programme
• According to the BBC this week national figures stated that over
7000 dwellings remain unsold nationally, with fewer than 700 being
sold monthly, house prices are dropping and expect to drop further,
the housing market is not moving and is not expecting to any time
soon. Why are the laws of supply and demand are being ignored
and how does increasing the supply (in this case houses) when
there is no or low demand make sense if you are trying to invigorate
an economy.
Emerging Local Planning Policy
• Redrow /Persimmon suggest that their applications are in line with
the new plan which is being developed, but public consultation on
this will still be taking place when the applications are due to be
decided. If Redrow/Persimmon can get applications approved
during the period of public consultation on the new policy then
clearly public consultation is effectively bypassed and the process is
meaningless. Because of the above, and the fact that the on going
SADPD review is still not completed should lead to the automatic
rejection of these submissions at this time.
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