Cookham Discussion Board

URGENT: The RBWM Borough Local Plan that failed examination by the inspector in 2018 has been redrafted and approval is being sought at an extraordinary council meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday 23rd October at 7.30 Desborough Suite.  You are encouraged to submit questions by Monday 21st at 9 am. You are also encouraged to attend the meeting.

The draft of the proposed revision is available at

https://rbwm.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=7569

There has been some removal of planned development sites but the three in Cookham totalling 270 new homes in Cookham Rise in the original  plan is now increased, with a 25% increase in the densification of the Whyteladyes Lane proposed development . An objection was formally made to this original BLP proposal in 2017 on Heritage and traffic gridlock grounds but this was never examined as the inspector drew a halt to the inspection after failure to pass the first examination tests. If you have views on this or any other aspect to the plan, please get involved and submit your points .There will also be a 6 week consultation period following any council acceptance of the revision.

You may also want to consider the aspect of climate change and whether you feel it is being adequately covered in the plan document .

This could be a total disaster for Cookham, which is now close to becoming a town. The infrastructure is just not there to support this sort of development. We need as many people as possible to go to the meeting on 23 October which will help, also we do need to write to the council, we have FIVE days.

If we don't do something now the council will just pass it through on 23 October and say no one complained.

If you want to ask a question for the meeting on 23 October, it needs to be sent to david.cook@rbwm.gov.uk by 21 October 2019. The question must be relevant to the agenda so anything on the plan to build houses in Cookham. It is item 7 on the agenda.  https://rbwm.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=7569

Karen Shepherd has said sent questions to her by 21 October although I think they can still go to David Cook. She has sent the information on submitting questions, remember 60 words maximum for a question also send your name and address:

Scope of questions

                The Head of Governance may reject a question if it:

•             Is not about a matter for which the Council has a responsibility or which affects the Borough.

•             Is defamatory, frivolous or offensive;

•             Relates to any existing or proposed application, permission, licence, consent, benefit, grant or enforcement action.

•             Is substantially the same as a question which has been put at a meeting of the Council in the past six months;

•             Requires the disclosure of confidential or exempt information.

•             No question shall be longer than 60 words.

The Head of Governance may, after consultation with the questioner and with the questioner’s consent, amend the wording of the question for the purpose of clarification

Add to this the traffic likely from the 500 new houses just over the Ferry Bridge on the Bourne End side and I think it will be time to move!!!! And this is before we find out what is planned on the Switchback Road field recently purchased.

I think it has gone up to 750 homes across the bridge!

It seems that one councillor said that there will not be many children living in the new houses, I wonder if they are employing a Pied Piper?