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Table Two continued

Responder Comment INP Reference Comment Response Change
Number Number Page Policy Para Required
3 17 27 Delete extension of allotments, might be for The allotments are well No
something else. used and as mentioned in
the INP several times are
an important local facility.

3 18 31 10.5 There should be no increase in flooding due to It should be remembered No
housing because of the SUDS, which may not that Ickford is virtually an
solve problems that are already there, but they island in the flood plain. An
won’t add to them, and they could help reduce average 3 person household
them. consumes approximately
30,000 gallons of water per
annum. This would be piped
in from outside the village
but have to be disposed off as
waste water. Therefore 30
houses would generate an
extra 1 million gallons of
waste water per annum!

3 19 34 The school is not outstanding. It was previously Agreed “outstanding” is a Yes
mentioned at 9.19 page 29. (Putting technical term used for
“outstanding” in inverted commas does not make OFSTED inspections, and
it outstanding. We need to be accurate. It is a should be avoided. The
very good school but information included needs school last had a full
to be backed up by evidence. inspection several years
ago, pre academy, and
was rated “Good” - it is
awaiting a full inspection
as an academy. Therefore
replace “Outstanding” in
para. 9.19 with “highly
regarded” and delete
“(rated as outstanding by
Ofsted)” from para. 12.4.

3 20 37 This should have the title “Current Settlement One of the purposes of the No
Boundary” INP is too determine the
Settlement Boundary
fullstop. Using the word
“Current” could imply that it
could easily be changed. It is,
however, important to make
sure that we determine the
boundary correctly – see
point 10 above.

3 21 I know several people have put a lot of thought Many thanks for your No
and work into this document, so well done and appreciation of the hard
thank you, but it is far too long and repeats itself work that has gone into the
and contradicts itself in places. There is quite a Plan. We appreciate the fact
lot of information which is very interesting but that you have taken the time
not always relevant to achieving the objectives. to read and comment on it
The second half of the report is good because it thoroughly. However, we
does include facts and figures. It would be better would not accept that it is
if we kept in mind exactly what we are aiming for. “far too long” since it needs
to cover all the areas that are
stipulated in the National
Guidance and certainly is no
longer than Neighbourhood
Plans for other
Buckinghamshire villages.

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