I should like to respond to proposal AL3. I know that Oving Parish Council have a number of reservations many of which are identified also in your review particularly regarding infrastructure, traffic generation and local services such as schooling and medical.

However if Oving Parish has to accept further development on top of Shopwhyke Lakes and the site behind the Jehovahs Witnesses premises then it would appear to be the least worst site. If it is going forward I am surprised you have excluded the adjacent long closed and derelict Sherwood Nursery which would allow for some more units and shouldn't have the subsoil issues of former gravel pit locations.

Secondly could I comment on the Historic Environment section. The guidance notes prepared by CDC can be very useful (eg shopfronts) but regrettably seem to regularly be ignored by both applicants and planning officers with permission being granted for applications which clearly do not comply. Stronger enforcement and education where necessary is vital for such guidance to be effective.