About Wrinehill

 Currently the Government is consulting on the changes it is proposing to planning regulations and law.  The document has more than12 chapters and 58 questions to be answered.  If you would like a say then you have until the first week of March to do this at planningpolicyconsultation@levelling up.gov.uk. Like most regulations the document contains both sticks and carrots.  The carrots are probably less tangible and well thought out than the sticks in that we are promised that these new rules will deliver 'beautiful buildings' and developments, 'gentle density' and 'design codes'.  However, it is not certain what these terms actually mean or how they will be delivered. The changes we are told will be brought about in the Spring of 2023 which does not give much time for a turn around on the consultation.  Although people are assured they will have more say, the rules strengthen the government arm so that it can insist on its 300,000 houses per annum to be bu...

  The ecological ponds were begun recently in Checkley Lane and they are nearing completion. At the moment the ponds are being inlaid with soil so heavy lorries are moving up and down the lane carrying this soil.  It appears that the puddle near theA531 which has been with us for months has drained away - or the drains have been cleared.  There is still a very thick layer of mud on the road which could wash back into the drains  once it rains again.  The kerb stones are now visible in places but the drain under the mud is not. Spooky!   Of more concern is the channel that has been dug from the telecom mast to the drain at the side of the road along the lane just before the bridge.  This is oozing water and the water is washing silt into the drain.  Should this fill up, water will begin to flow into the road.   Currently both drains under the bridge are blocked and there is a flood under the bridge.  More rain will mean deeper w...