Dear Supporters,
We believe that Leverhulmes are GUILTY of GREENWASHING!
Please OBJECT to Leverhulmes Planning Application to build 240 houses on land off Rigby Drive / Green House Farm on Arrowe Road In Greasby – this will mean no more locally produced Appleby’s Eggs!
Leverhulmes are trying to convince people that their plans to concrete over the Green Belt are somehow sustainable and good for the environment. DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THEIR GREEN WASHING! They are thinking only of profit – they care nothing for our environment.
This is only the first phase, look closely at their plans and note how the new roads lead to green fields….it is certain that they have plans to build on those fields too. We must stop them!
HOW TO OBJECT:
We have been made aware of some issues with the council website so if you are having problems you can email your objections to: planningapplications@wirral.gov.uk
OR.......
Click on the following link:
https://online.wirral.gov.uk/planning/index.html
click “+ Register” on left hand menu
Input your details (name, address, email)
A verification email will be sent to your email address, go into your email account and click verify – (remember to check in your junk mail)
Now log in to the council website / portal
Click on “Planning”
Click “Search Planning Applications”
Input the relevant planning application reference number: “OUT/22/01821”
Scroll Down to the application and click the green view button or the reference no. on the left.
A list of documents will appear
Scroll Down to the very bottom of the page, below all the documents to the “make a representation” section and click “object”.
Insert any comments you wish to make in the comments box
Press submit
You will then receive an email confirming your submission.
Please remember to object to all the sites
You do not have to make any comments but if you are able to then please do so. Even just a couple of sentences would help. It is often helpful, if you are writing a lot, to type it out on a Word document first and then copy and paste into the comments box. You can then use the same comments for every site you object to.
Again, we have been made aware of some issues with copying and pasting – but apparently if you change the text slightly (e.g adding a comma) then the system will accept it.
When you submit your comments you may wish to consider the following:
The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and their permanence.
The National Planning Policy Framework paragraph 138 states Green Belt serves 5 purposes:
(a) to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas;
(b) to prevent neighbouring towns merging into one another;
(c) to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment;
(d) to preserve the setting and special character of historic towns; and
(e) to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land.- i.e the Birkenhead Docklands etc.
There is space for 21000 houses on Wirral’s brownfield sites.
Development on the Green Belt is only possible in “Very Special Circumstances”. Leverhulme have submitted a document with their planning applications in which they have detailed the reasons they believe there are “Very Special Circumstances|” for building on Wirral’s Green Belt. This document, By Strutt and Parker “ Leverhulme – Analysis of Very Special Circumstances” can be downloaded from the planning portal with the other documents listed with the applications.
Other issues you may wish to comment on could include traffic, air quality and pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change, flood risk, loss of food producing land, health and wellbeing, infrastructure issues (e.g schools, GP surgeries etc), Wirrals “brownfield only” Local Plan.
Wirral needs genuinely affordable and social housing. Leverhulmes “affordable” housing will simply be below local market rate – which is still unaffordable to most.
Please share this information and get your friends and neighbours to object too. Each person in each household can object. We must stop Leverhulmes – this is only the first phase of their plans and their “Vision” is to destroy Wirral’s precious Green Belt for profit and greed.