The NSE is proposing to sell off 22 acres (up from 16 acres in OTNFC
in July 2003) of its land for housing development. It expects to raise
£32 Million as a result. All the land proposed to be sold is
Green Belt. Maps of the areas involved are provided on the
NSE Site page. |
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area under threat from the residential housing is adjacent to Rickmansworth
Lane just north of the Chalfont Common post office, so as to provide
easy access from a main road. The development is situated adjacent
to the NSE's farmland estate and borders: |
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the NSE's remaining developed estate, |
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existing
residential areas, |
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green
fields (on Green Belt) towards Skippings Farm, and |
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extensive
Green Belt land in the Colne Valley Park. |
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property developer(s) will then build approx. 218 houses and flats
of mixed size, character and value, together with the necessary support
infrastructure such as roads, utilities, sewerage etc. These houses
will be sold. The NSE has not published a value that the houses are
expected to realise. The NSE also proposes building an 85 person
retirement nursing home an 70 person sheltered housing beside a new
road access on to Chesham Lane. Some existing residential property
owned by the NSE will be demolished to permit the scheme to proceed. |
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the same time the NSE will spend all or substantially all of the £32Million
received from the land sale in demolishing and rebuilding many of
their properties on their existing site. Among those being demolished
is the bookbinding plant, which cost approx. £1M just a few
years ago. |
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sense understands that the NSE has acquired private
dwellings near to the epilepsy centre to house some of their care
patients. sense do not know if these are affected by
the scheme. |
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