FFAG - brief note on grounds for a new inquiry

This note is prepared on the assumption that, however unwise, the Council is likely to choose the recommendation of the Planning & Transportation Committee and approve the rejection of the Inspector's Safety Recommendations. If that happens, and the Council does not opt for a further Inquiry, arrangements are in hand to challenge their decision. It will be useful, in addition, if as many people as possible also notify the Government Office for the South East (GOSE) in Guildford of their concerns that the decision contravenes several aspects of Government Policy and that the Rushmoor Local Plan should be the subject of further scrutiny in many important respects.

Such letters will have greater impact if they are written in your own hand and in your own words but they should point out the following:

1. it is contrary to Government Policy, in the light of new evidence which has emerged since the Public Inquiry in July 1998 and which has not been the subject of independent public scrutiny, for Rushmoor BC to adopt their Local Plan Review without a further Inquiry

2. it is contrary to Government Policy for Rushmoor BC to adopt their Local Plan Review without obtaining a Risk Assessment and insuring safety of the residents of the Borough

3. it is contrary to Government Policy to adopt a Local Plan in Rushmoor which includes areas of Societal Risk, such as a College of Technology and Residential Homes

4. it is contrary to Government Advice for a Local Plan dealing with noise not to contain an Environmental Statement. The report from ATL obtained by Rushmoor BC is not an Environmental Statement

5. Rushmoor BC has failed to provide an assessment of the Local Plan in terms of Sustainable Development

You will no doubt want to communicate your own feelings about how the procedure as a whole has been conducted by the Council.

Please send objections to:

	Director of Planning
	Hampshire & Isle of Wight
	Government Office for the South East
	Bridge House
	1 Walnut Tree Close
	Guildford
	Surrey  GU1 4GA

Note 1: Objections must be received on or before 4 August 2000.

Note 2: A standard letter has been prepared using these points.

Note 3: A detailed briefing can be found on the BVEJ web site.

Note 4: Available as a MS Word Document.