Help save Theydon Bois, don’t let them ruin our village.
Blunts Farm Estates Limited have applied to EFDC for a new application EPF/2195/06 to
'Complete 18 hole golf course, practice ground and academy with varied landscaping / contouring, including water features and creation of planted buffer zone to eastern boundaries and access to Abridge Road. Erection of a golf club house, groundsmen's equipment store and fertiliser/chemical store with associated car parking,’ at Parsonage Golf.
You may think it is a good idea to complete the course, but what the application requests is 32,000 more HGV movements and the relocation of the clubhouse much closer to the village. The clubhouse would provide ‘a range of facilities including locker rooms, changing rooms, shop, office accommodation, members’ social accommodation and catering facilities.’ The plans indicate amongst other things, a self contained flat, and a large restaurant. Blakes Golf, the developers other course offers weddings, conferences and corporate events with the capacity to seat 260. The car park is intended to accommodate 304 cars.
Is this a golf club house or a substantial leisure complex?
Do residents in Forest Drive want 260 people celebrating at the end of their gardens every weekend?
Will the car park be lit?
It is intended that the club house would be located close to the Old Foresters site, that has planning permission for 'Change of use of sports pavilion to mixed use of nursery school and office/facilities for a golf driving range ' These two sites could easily be joined and then there is the potential for a substantial ‘pleasure dome’ on our doorsteps. You all know what this developer has done to our village.
DO YOU WANT A NIGHTCLUB IN THEYDON BOIS ?
NO ? – THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, OBJECT !
DON’T LET THESE DEVELOPERS RUIN OUR VILLAGE !
Write to STEPHAN SOLON ref. EPF / 2195 / 06
EFDC, Civic Offices, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ.