NEDDC Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation on the Strategic Approach to the Location of Development and Refined Sites (March 2026)

Object

Representation ID: 13423

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13425

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Development on this proposed site would result in a large development outside the settlement boundary in open countryside. Development here would therefore constitute urban sprawl and introduce a real threat of merging Unstone with Dronfield.
The site is effective and valuable greenbelt and is adjacent to important woodland . We oppose to the inclusion of the site in the Local Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 13428

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13431

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13433

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13434

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13435

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13439

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire emphasises the critical importance of protecting Green Belt land in line with NPPF. The Green Belt supports biodiversity, food production, climate resilience, flood mitigation and public wellbeing. Once lost, it cannot be restored. Housing pressures should not justify its release, particularly as our research suggests this rarely delivers affordable homes. We view the concept of “grey belt” as undermining protections. CPRE advocates a prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing to safeguard countryside and prevent urban sprawl. The site should not be allocated in the Local Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 13440

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.

Object

Representation ID: 13441

Received: 29/04/2026

Respondent: Campaign to Protect Rural England, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Campaign to Protect Rural England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire argues that all countryside—not just designated landscapes—has intrinsic value and should be protected from increasing development driven by high housing targets. Greenfield sites contribute to biodiversity, food production, climate regulation and community wellbeing. Prioritising brownfield land, existing unbuilt permissions and empty housing, alongside developing within existing built frameworks, are strongly supported as ways to deliver genuinely affordable housing without putting pressure on farmland or harming rural landscapes. CPRE formally objects to such large-scale greenfield development and urges that this site is not allocated due to the irreversible loss of countryside.