Here is the chairman’s message to our members advising you of our opposition to the inclusion of the site off Lower Pennington Lane in the Local Plan:

Dear Member

I am writing to you to advise you that the Committee of the Lymington Society has decided to oppose the inclusion by the NFDC of a site off Lower Pennington Lane for a major housing estate (for a minimum of 100 houses), as part of the “Local Plan Review” which the NFDC have recently published as part of a consultation exercise which ends on the 12^th of August.

The Lymington and Pennington Town Council are also opposing this proposal.

We have reached this decision after careful consideration of the site and having reached the decision that the roads to the site are not capable of safely carrying the level of traffic this proposal will generate, without significant widening and suburbanisation, which would destroy the special semi-rural character of this important part of the town.

The special character of this part of the town is supposed to be protected by the Lymington Local Distinctiveness Supplementary Planning Guidance put in place by the NFDC and if this is set aside to allow this development to go ahead, then it will be increasingly hard to protect the special character of the town against the increasing level of development pressure which is evident at the moment.

I attach our press release which gives more details on our decision

In order to help residents make a decision and register their thoughts on the Local Plan Review, the Town Council is holding a meeting this Wednesday the 8^th of August in the Council Chamber in the Town Hall from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm

We have also added links to the NFDC Consultation on the LymSoc website to help you make your own representations to the NFDC before the deadline at midnight on the 12^th of August.

Yours Sincerely

Clive Sutton

Chairman of the Lymington Society

The NFDC consultation page can be found here. It includes a link to a representation form which can be filled in if you wish to comment.