Some residents will have received a letter from Kempton Park through their letterboxes - click here to view. We are grateful to Kempton Park for making a first response to residents’ deep concerns, expressed in the recent LOSRA Autumn newsletter, regarding the possibility of a housing development on Green Belt on the Kempton Park estate. There is no doubt that debate on this subject is set to continue.
The Kempton Park letter touches on a number of points which we highlighted in the LOSRA newsletter, including:
- the backlog in the Council’s plans for affordable housing;
- the Covenant on the land of which the Council is a beneficiary, and about which discussions have been taking place;
- developments plans for other parts of The Jockey Club’s business.
There are also other questions and issues which will be the subject of further discussion and enquiry:
- the role of the Council Steering Group, which comprises members of the Planning Committee, representatives of The Jockey Club, and Council officials;
- the extensive preparatory modelling work which has already been completed with respect to redeveloping the road layout and traffic management arrangements at Sunbury Cross roundabout;
- how and when Green Belt, and particularly this bit of Green Belt, came to be identified as the site of a possible new housing estate of substantial proportions, thereby flying in the face of the planning Core Strategy which governs development in the Borough.
No doubt other questions will arise in future.
A who's who of the principal participants in the discussions may be be viewed by clicking here
Further updates will be published as and when we have more news.
