Special procedures for Lord Bathurst's unaffordable homes bonanza plan

[Tony Gosling]

Save Our Cirencester keep up relentless scrutiny of 2,350-home 
Chesterton development
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A GROUP fighting to reduce the size of a controversial development in 
Cirencester kept up its relentless questioning of a councillor this week.
Members of Save Our Cirencester once again quizzed 
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District Council 
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deputy leader Nick Parsons with 10 questions on the 2,350-home 
Chesterton development at full council meeting on Tuesday.
Patrick Moylan questioned a new report commissioned by CDC which 
found an additional 800 houses needed to be built in the district to 
satisfy Government criteria.
He said that a lack of "local context" could mean the report was 
flawed, leaving the Cotswolds lumped with more houses than needed to be built.
Cllr Parsons said: "The Local Plan has produced what the council 
considers to be a sustainable strategy that will deliver future 
development needs taking account of all relevant evidence."
In response to a question on whether the 2,350-home development would 
be debated by the full council, Cllr Parsons revealed it would not.
Instead a "special meeting" of the planning committee will decide 
whether to pass the application. This is expected to happen sometime in autumn.
Other questions surrounded the quality of the land that would be 
buried under concrete and whether the development should be passed 
before the Local Plan is seen by the Planning Inspector.

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