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Concern expressed by residents Please see the Appx to this letter, which lists some of the
concerns expressed directly to this Association by local residents. Following these emails,
they called a public meeting – one attended by upwards of 35 people. Such is the strength of
feeling against this proposed housing development on the part of local residents.

SUMMARY

• The application site is not previously developed land.

• An under-used, neglected garden with an area of hard-standing does not a
“brownfield” site make!

• This land might be surrounded on all sides by houses, but it is, nonetheless, garden
land

• There is no perceived change in planning law to contradict Planning's views in 1967,
1973 and 1984; nor those of two Planning Inspectors. On the contrary, Bexley has
since produced Policy CS17, which promises that harmful backland development will
be resisted.

• The garden's use as a backland development for houses with a new road will have a
harmful impact: loss of amenity and privacy, more noise and disturbance, light
pollution and less security.

• The proposed development will change the character of the area, one which adjoins a
Conservation Area

• There will be a significant loss of mature trees; and a real threat to the Cedars
protected by TPOs – both of them from root damage, and one from brutal pruning

• There will be a harmful impact on wildlife, eg badgers which are a protected species

• The development will make an insignificant contribution to Bexley's housing supply

• The plans present an unrealistic picture of the true nature and size of site.

• A Site Visit before any decision is made is strongly recommended,

Yours sincerely

Jean Gammons

/APPX A