Two additional major housing development planning applications submitted for Hook

There are now an additional two new major planning applications for housing in Hook in the Planning system in additional to the Reading Road housing proposal.

Of the two new planning applications, one is a full planning application for 60 homes on Owens Farm with access via Brown Croft. The second is an initial “request for screening advice” for 47 homes just South of the Owens Farm one with access via Hop Garden Road. The latter will certainly later become a full application.

I am looking for help from someone in the West of Hook to contact their neighbours and coordinate objections to the new applications. There simply aren’t enough free hours in the short time between submission of a planning application and the consultation deadline for one person to read the documents submitted and to gather support from residents local to each site. So if anyone knows of a resident in the vicinity of Seton Drive, Newnham Park, Hop Garden Road, Brown Croft, Goose Green, etc who would be able to do this please tell them to contact me as soon as possible. The deadline for consultation on the full application for Owens Farm is 10th January. Here are links to the two new applications.

Here is a summary with links to the two new applications:

Ref	Description	Link	Short link
13/02567/MAJOR(“Owens Farm”)	Outline planning permission for up to 60 dwellings (including affordable housing), with associated landscaping, open space, car parking and new vehicular and pedestrian access from Brown Croft, together with enhancements to the existing nature conservation area and the provision of a 5.4ha area of suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) together with associated car parking on land off Brown Croft, Hook. All matters other than means of access are reserved for consideration at a later date \| Land At High Ridge Farm Newnham Road Hook Hampshire	http://publicaccess.hart.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MX0OX7HZ0F100	http://goo.gl/Ydguo3
13/02611/EIAE(“Hop Garden”)	Request for a screening opinion concerning proposed development for approximately 47 residential dwellings \| Land Off Hop Garden Road Hook Hampshire	http://publicaccess.hart.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MXJDO1HZ0F100	http://goo.gl/FjvhcB

Notes on objections to planning applications

Valid grounds for objection may include:

Local planning policies	Government advice	The effect on the street or area
Traffic generation and safety	Overlooking and loss of privacy	Noise and disturbance
Design, appearance and materials		Ground contamination
Size, layout and density of buildings		Adequacy of parking

Some issues that cannot be considered in planning decisions:

Structural stability and fire precautions		Loss of property value
Disturbance from construction works		Land and boundary disputes
Matters covered by leases or covenants		Private issues about drains
The identity or personal characteristics of the applicant		Property maintenance issues
Private rights of way	Competition	Ownership rights
Loss of view	Need for development (except in certain defined circumstances)

Merry Christmas, everyone!