From: on behalf of DC Secretaries
Subject: FW: The
Bishop's Blaize, Burdrop
Your ref:- 09/01557/F
Dear Mr. Lewis,
I wish to
log my strong objection to this application. I am a member of the Bishop's
Blaize Support Group, and whilst I am not speaking on their behalf, I do have
knowledge of what has been transpiring over the last 3-4 years.
As you
will know,the two previous applications (06/01697/F and 07/00630/F) were both
refused by Cherwell District Council under 2 planning policies which state
"Proposals
that will result in the loss of existing village services which serve the
basic needs of the local community will not be permitted , unless there is
conclusive evidence that the provision of the service is no longer viable and
that it cannot be made viable."
The important word in that clause is
'community'. The Sibfords enjoy a particularly strong sense of community,
and this is probably the reason that so many of the objections already received
seem to say a similar thing. We are not an insular 'cliquey' bunch of
people - we care very much about our history, our heritage, our surroundings
and, most importantly each other. The villagers are made up of a very
wide-ranging population - young and old, working and retired, commuters and
farming families which go back hundreds of years. We have a wonderful
community spirit which exists here, and we would like to keep it that
way.
I don't want to go over the story of Mr. & Mrs. Noquet, but
suffice it to say that they have been trying to take away part of our community,
for whatever reason ever since they arrived here. I agree that the
property belongs to them, and they can do as they want with it, but not at the expense of hundreds
of villagers and beyond.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind
that the pub could still be viable, or be made viable, and the Support Group has
much evidence to prove this. Mr. Noquet's rambling application letter will
never stand up to scrutiny. His final paragraph states "The committee now
has an opportunity to publicly condemn the violation of our privacy and human
rights by granting approval of this application". If Mr. & Mrs. Noquet
have human rights, so do we - the right to live, to work and to enjoy each
other's company. What are their human rights compared to those of at least
200 villagers?
Eileen Haynes