CORE  STRATEGY 6 WEEK CONSULTATION  26^th OCT to 7^th DEC –click for  details

(YOU NEED TO REGISTER HERE TO MAKE YOUR  COMMENTS – we will advise members  before the deadline!)

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

SYBRA is now working with a town planning consultant who lives in Berkhamsted and knows the issues, to formulate our objections to the Core Strategy.

We should be able to  give guidelines to Members -week commencing 21st November but our focus will be

• Sustainability of developments
• Infrastructure issues arising from developments
• Number of houses planned to be built
• Topography and town’s character

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The broad aim of the Save Your Berkhamsted Residents Association (SYBRA) is to represent residents’ interest in development consultations, with a view to ensuring that character and “feel” of Berkhamsted, (a historic market town), and its surrounding countryside are preserved.

We recognize an ongoing need for new homes within Berkhamsted but believe that such development should be in line with existing housing density;  of a type which preserves the town’s character and should take account of the infrastructure issues presented  by Berkhamsted’s valley situation and its, already, significant growth over recent years.

{Based on the East of England Initiative proposals for housing , DBC’s Core Strategy  sets a housing development target (1200 ) for Berkhamsted with apparently little consideration for the impact on Berkhamsted’s creaking  infrastructure and well  in excess of aticipated local need (750). The East of  England Initiative  has now been withdrawn, but  DBC is  still proposing the development of 1200 new dwellings.}

We believe that Berkhamsted is a wonderful place in which to live and would would like it to stay that way.

If you  feel the same please  join us, we would welcome your  support!