Castel housing plans seem to be on point of changing
RESIDENTS of a private clos in the Castel remain concerned about the possible building of new homes in an adjacent field.
It has been reported that up to 23 properties could be built on land off of La Pre de la Cotte in Route de Carteret.
The idea came to light after The Planning Service produced residential developmental frameworks for the property Warma, which is part of the clos, and Mycroft, which is along the main road.
However, the owner of Warma, who asked not to be named, said that he had spoken to the Development & Planning recently.
‘In some respects there is not a Mycroft/Warma development framework any more,’ he said, but declined to provide further detail at this stage.
‘There are many things that are confidential at the moment,’ he added.
A resident of the clos who had previously spoken out against the development was also saying nothing: ‘It would be wrong to break a confidence,’ he said.
But it seemed that not all residents were up to date about any changes.
Included in the original framework was the idea of a new access road being built to serve the new homes. This would, if built, connect to the current cul-de-sac road.
A woman who has lived in the clos for nearly three years said this was not something she had expected when she bought the property.
‘We were told it was all agricultural land, so we’re not too happy,’ she said.
‘But we’re planning to go – we want to move out anyway. This house is a bit big.’
Retired school teacher Arnold Lodge and his wife have lived on the clos for some 28 years.
He said he had heard nothing new recently about the draft framework and they were most concerned about how any new development would handle sewage.
He said this was currently dealt with by a pump which served six properties on one side of the clos, but which broke down occasionally.
‘The lady who used to live at the bottom was flooded and it wasn’t very nice,’ he said.
Maintenance and services in the clos access road are paid for by residents, and that includes the pump.
‘What will happen if you stick another lot of houses on it?’ he said.
‘On a purely selfish level, we are living in a really lovely little clos close to the beach and we don’t want our lives turned upside down with a couple of years of building work,’ he added.
