The proposed Grange Farm development raises serious questions across six areas — each backed by evidence and relevant to the planning process.
A rare chalk-stream catchment and aquifer already under stress — and a county with a record of getting this wrong.
See the water impactThousands of new journeys onto rural roads and junctions never designed to carry them.
See the transport impactListed buildings, historic field patterns and the distinct character of the Abington villages.
See the heritage impactSchools, services and the social fabric that makes a village a community, not a commuter estate.
See the community impactEstablished habitats and biodiversity that decades of greenfield protection have sustained.
See the environment impactOpen farmland and long views that separate the Abingtons from the edge of the city.
See the landscape impact