You may remember that back in September the Forum had discussions with the Leader of Broxtowe Council amongst which was his “robust challenge” to developers to create a link road from the A52 to the proposed development on Chetwynd Barracks.
This was followed by an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Report and the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Consultation. The Forum has had no further information regarding this area but two things have happened recently.
Firstly some of us have had a leaflet from the Liberal Democrats asking for people to sign up to a petition to “Save Our Green Belt“. The Area involved was not included in the Neighbourhood Plan as the area was not included for development in either the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan or the Local Plan as published at the time. “Greenbelt” is a planning term and one of the uses of greenbelt land is to maintain separation between villages/towns (in this case Toton, Bramcote, Stapleford and Chilwell). The term has nothing to do with the “nature value” of the land, in fact possibly one of the most bio-diverse areas within the Neighbourhood Area is the land to the west of Chetwynd Barracks which is brownfield.
The Forum recognise the need for access any Chetwynd Barracks development as a way of relieving the pressure on Stapleford Lane and, as part of our response to the GNSP, have asked for a detailed traffic study to assess different options for this access.
Secondly one of our members noticed a quad bike performing a geophysical survey on some of the land. On questioning, it was said to be regarding the “Country Park” included in the EIA Scoping Report.
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