My views on the green belt are well known; green belt land is rightly protected, and if a speculative planning application is put in for the green belt, the answer should be no.
Earlier this year we had one such application in Brittains Lane. Having met with Sevenoaks District councillors Avril Hunter and Andrew Eyre, I was pleased our concerns were heard, and the application rejected by Sevenoaks District Council.
We are now facing a similar application on Green Belt land adjacent to Ashgrove Road, where 50 homes have been proposed. Following many letters from worried residents last week I met again with Cllr Hunter and Cllr Eyre to visit the site for myself.
While planning decisions are made by Sevenoaks District Council, I do not support development on the green belt without local consent, and I will be making sure the views of local residents who have written to me are heard.
