Heathfield planning issues

I went with two directors from the Heathfield Residents Association to a meeting with South Cambs District Council's planning department.

The purpose of the meeting, which I arranged following on from the Thriplow Parish Council meeting last month where this came up, was to ensure that the planners have a full understanding of the views of residents' representatives regarding traffic access issues at Heathfield, the perennial problems of the drains and sewers there - in that further development will make a bad problem worse - and the need for a sensible approach to any proposed in-fill development. The planning officer was able to explain the relevant planning law, and in particular the issue of "materiality" in deciding planning decisions.