DEVELOPER FLYER – PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT - CRICKET CLUB GROUND, AINDERBY ROAD

Like many residents who live close to the site, we (Romanby Parish Council (RPC)) have (yesterday) received the flyer notification from Lovell Homes on their proposed site plan for the open space that once was the Cricket Club many years ago.

This is not the first time a developer has drawn up plans for this site, and the purpose of this post is to reassure residents that we, as your Parish Council are ready to engage with the formal process on your behalf when the time comes – this will take some considerable time, whatever the outcome.  But also, to hopefully provide you all with a bit of information as to how we will support and represent our community on this matter.

The first point to make I think, is that the formal planning application process has NOT begun at all.  What residents have received is an informal consultation request from the developer to help them draw up theirdetailed planning application submission to North Yorkshire Council (NYC); if residents respond/complete the Lovell homes survey – which is completely within everyone’s right to do – those inputs/responses/comments/objections/support you make to Lovell are not part of the formal planning process, and will only be seen by them, the developer.

If and when the developer submits a formal planning application to develop/build the site, then the Planning Team at NYC will come out to us and you for a formal consultation, where we all will be invited to support or object to the proposals (with comments etc) within a fixed timeframe.  These responses are the ones that are formal and considered by the NYC Planning Committee as and when they might have to make a decision on this.

What we, RPC will then do, if and when we have the formal application with all the detail,  is consult with residents (via an extensive survey - as we did twice for the other recent Ainderby Road development proposals) to get your comments/inputs/opinions to help guide and shape our response (the Parish Council is one of several “statutory consultees” for any proposal like this) – and we will be ready to speak at any formal NYC planning committee meeting if required.

So…….a long way to go with all of this, and ultimately of course not our decision – but we (RPC) will do our very best to represent and support the best interests of our Romanby community. 

We will keep everyone informed along the way, as and when information appears and formal processes kick in.

Best wishes,  Stuart Bradnam, Chairman, RPC

On behalf of your Parish Council Team.