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Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 6560

Received: 14/11/2017

Respondent: Mrs margaret Garven

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

This proposal will destroy and not enhance the village of Scraptoft and its outlying areas. The location of the building development is not sensitive to the existing landscape nor will it enhance the local environment. Instead it will destroy the village distinctiveness, cause substantial harm to the landscape, heritage and historic environment. It will not safeguard surrounding views nor will it provide mitigation for damaged rural features. Scraptoft lies in a valley and any houses built on the valley slopes to the north will be visible from afar (as are those recently built on Beeby Road}

Full text:

This proposal will destroy and not enhance the village of Scraptoft and its outlying areas. The location of the building development is not sensitive to the existing landscape nor will it enhance the local environment. Instead it will destroy the village distinctiveness, cause substantial harm to the landscape, heritage and historic environment. It will not safeguard surrounding views nor will it provide mitigation for damaged rural features. Scraptoft lies in a valley and any houses built on the valley slopes to the north will be visible from afar (as are those recently built on Beeby Road}