Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5430
Received: 27/10/2017
Respondent: Mrs Jan Butcher
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This objective is about enabling the massive expansion of Magna Parya which is hugely damaging to the area in environmental terms, has no evidential basis of need and does not reflect any strategic vision in terms of effects for UK PLC.
This objective is simply about enabling massive expansion of Magna Park to an unsustainable level. The evidence base is sketchy and it is unclear if other neighbouring authorities are in agreement with the proposal. It is reckless to allow such huge expansion of a road-based logistics site with all the commensurate sustainability issues about traffic, air quality, road safety, irrevocable loss of open countryside, light pollution etc when there is a logistics site with railhead in nearby Northants. In addition unemployment is demonstrably low in Harborough so surely jobs should be sited elsewhere in the better interest of UK PLC?