I am writing to object to the Draft Local Plan on the grounds
1) There is an insufficient water supply for the number of dwellings proposed. The Government has allocated a large sum of money to protect the rare chalk streams that are found in this area. The fact is that the only way to give proper protection to our chalk streams is to stop excessive extraction of water from the underground waters that supply the streams and us with water.

2) Do NOT move the sewerage works. These works were upgraded in 2015 and are capable of further upgrading on the present site. To move them would cost at least £227 million of taxpayers money: would take local green belt land out of food production and release vast quantities of carbon into the atmosphere in contravention of the Government’s own stated aim of reducing carbon emissions.
We need local food production to ensure food security.

IF it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!!

3) The consultation process has been undemocratic.
The promise of the discovery centre is is like offering sweets to children. It is blatant bribery.