Little Horwood Action Group - LHAG

LHAG is a group of residents joined together primarily to track proposed large scale developments in the district, county and region that may have an impact on our village, and respond to threats to our local rural environment caused by Little Horwood’s proximity to the immensely successful and ever-expanding Milton Keynes.

LHAG has recently been involved in opposition to the Stearthill Golf Course development, which was also opposed by Little Horwood Parish Council.
We were also part of the successful local campaign against the Greenway / Winslow Green development, and were delighted by the news that the developers have chosen not to appeal against A.V.D.C’s decision to refuse planning permission.

Current concerns include:

-The Salden Chase Development – This huge development will have an impact on all our local communities, particularly Newton Longville, Mursley, and Little Horwood, but does fall within the Local Development Framework, and is now inevitable.  The North Bucks Parishes Planning Consortium amongst others have been campaigning to restrict the scale of this development ever since it’s inception and have succeeded in confining it to it’s current boundaries, formed by the A421 and the old Oxford to Bletchley railway line. The current priority is to ensure these boundaries are “set in stone” as a permanent limit to urban expansion in this direction. Milton Keynes Council’s bid to assume control over the new settlement is of particular concern.
-Stearthill Golf Course – LHAG will continue to monitor this development both during construction, and when the facility opens to ensure that the development remains consistent with the plans approved by the District Council.
-The East-West Rail Link.
-The expansion of operations at Luton Airport and the separate plan for re-routing of aircraft leaving and approaching the Airport.