Published in the Portsmouth News on Wednesday 16th May 2012
Story by Elise Brewerton
CAMPAIGNERS have spoken of their anger as a developer attempts to win support for a housing development a council has already refused.
Barratt Homes has invited residents to a meeting to discuss its plans for a field west of Selangor Avenue, in Emsworth, despite being told it cannot be built on.
The field is not included in Havant Borough Council’s allocations survey – a comprehensive list of six potential sites offered by landowners for development which the public is being consulted on.
Andrew Biltcliffe, Havant Borough Council’s service manager for planning policy, said: ‘This is not a site we support.
‘It was put forward for us to look at and in terms of strategic housing it is not suitable.
‘It undermines the gap between Havant and Emsworth, there is a major gas pipeline running through it and it’s also next to the motorway.
‘It is not a preferred option for Emsworth but the developers are looking to put an application in.
‘They really want to push for it and we can’t stop them putting an application in, anyone can.
‘But we don’t support it.’
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