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normally be found in a village. It was not<br />
intended to cover all religious orders, nor was it<br />
intended to offend.<br />
The VDS may be usefully amended to be clear<br />
as to the context of the above, and also to<br />
include information about the Methodist church<br />
Mr & Mrs Gray Gradual infilling paragraph: is the school really small? The “smallness” of the school is subjective, and<br />
in terms of the VDS design guidance, largely<br />
irrelevant. However in the interests of<br />
completeness, remove the word “small”.<br />
Agree make change<br />
Mr & Mrs Gray Page 7 Building materials. …separating the house FROM the road… Agree Typographical error<br />
Mr & Mrs Gray Building details of crucial importance… this is not the situation at present. Our<br />
own property built years before neighbouring properties is a bungalow and is<br />
The VDS describes the character of the village<br />
as it currently is – which includes a great<br />
surrounded by a variety, including huge 5 bed houses, 3 bed semis, ¾ bed variety of dwelling types and styles juxtaposed.<br />
detached and some bungalows. We are completely dwarfed and it’s not good It is not for the VDS to say what must or must<br />
planning. Does this statement mean that this is what we would like to see? not be built in the future – only to guide as to<br />
Perhaps insert “in future”… each house shares…)<br />
what would “fit in”.<br />
Mr & Mrs Gray<br />
Mr & Mrs Gray<br />
Last para- nota all properties have chimneys.<br />
Page 8: yes agree strongly with this. Although the houses on most estates are<br />
quite innocuous, they don’t have a lot of character. Everyone agrees that Maple<br />
Drive, the Barratt development off Green Lane, is a monstrosity, and does not fit<br />
in at all with the village properties. We definitely do not want more of this.<br />
Page 10 last sentence: “…the advice of each…” – whose advice? Or is advice<br />
The character statement is a general<br />
description. There will always be differences,<br />
exceptions and variations. Although some<br />
have no chimneys, the vast majority do and this<br />
is a strong element of the local character.<br />
Support welcome<br />
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