Campaign against Gladman in Eye & Dunsden

As reported in the Henley Standard, Councillor Paul Harrison has criticised his own Planning Department in the strongest possible terms: “The planning department is too large with too many officers who are more interested in seeing developers as their customers rather than the residents of South Oxfordshire. “They’re looking out for their own jobs and throwing the rest of the district away.” He added: “Too many of the councillors go with the officers every time.” Cll

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Hedges add character to the local landscape and provide significant habitat for wildlife. The Gladman plan requires the loss of a long stretch of hedgerow to provide access from a dangerous stretch of the Peppard Road, just beyond the pond to the left of the picture. Last minute information filed by the applicants just before Christmas shows how a long length of hedge will be torn up on both sides of the road as part of the application. Trees will also be lost to create new b

At its meeting on Monday 16 January 2017, members of Sonning Common Parish Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously to recommend SODC reject the Gladman application. Their submission is below: Refusal of the application is strongly recommended on the following grounds: The proposed development would occupy a significant part of the Strategic Green Gap between Sonning Common, Emmer Green and Eye and Dunsden. This green gap provides vital separation not only between these

The National Trust and Local Government Information Trust (LGiU) have just announced the results of a damning survey of the current planning system in which 72% of ward councillors nationally said that the current planning system is biassed in favour of developers at the expense of local communities. The Gladman application lacks the necessary infrastructure to support it and is excluded from the South Oxfordshire plan. Yet could it still be a victim of this national planning

Tonight's meeting of Reading Borough Council's Planning Committee unanimously agreed it should 'strongly object' to the Gladman proposal. Reading's view will be taken into consideration by South Oxfordshire when they decide the application in March. There were some eloquent speeches against the Gladman application, including from EGRA Chair and CAGE member, Annette Fairweather and by local ward member Cllr Clare Grashoff. Reasons cited for opposing included: the lack of susta

Local newspapers have been responding to the threat of the Gladman application for 245 houses in Eye & Dunsden. The The Henley Standard quotes Emmer Green Residents Association as saying they are concerned the development could set a precedent: “We are concerned by the likelihood of a successful application leading to further proposals in the same area. The impact of a number of proposals would be huge and the more difficult to deal with on a piecemeal basis. “The fundamenta

A clear case against the Gladman application for 245 unsustainable houses in Eye & Dunsden has been made by many people who have already commented on the SODC website. To find out more you can read the submission made by Eye & Dunsden Parish Council below. P16/S3630/O – development of up to 245 residential dwellings, land off Peppard Road, Emmer Green, Gladman Developments Ltd Eye & Dunsden Parish Council Response 1. The landowners have proposed the site as an urban extension