Object
Alternative Sites Consultation
Representation ID: 43680
Received: 15/03/2010
Respondent: Mr Alec Beresford
Increased risk of flooding due to rainwater run off.
Junctions with Cubbington Road will not cope with increased traffic.
Parklands Avenue not designed for increased volume of traffic.
Destruction of wildlife natural habitat.
Access to employment and retail facilities the wrong side of town.
Retention of green belt land and maintenance of two distinct communities.
The land at Glebe Farm has heavy clay subsoil which will increase the risk of flooding in Cubbington Village, Leighton Close and Parklands Avenue due to rainwater run off.
The increased traffic generated by this development will put a very high loading on Cubbington Road during peak periods for which the junctions at Telford Avenue/Parklands Avenue and Crown Way/Lime Avenue were not designed. At the present time it can take up to 10 minutes to get out of Parklands Avenue during peak periods.
Parklands Avenue is a suburban street which already carries traffic from the Parklands and Vally Road estates. If the access to the Glebe Farm development via side roads off Parklands Avenue is added to this it will turn Parklands Avenue and the side roads into a major road system for which they were not designed.
Development of the Glebe Farm site will destroy the natural habitat of wild life such as badgers, foxes and many species of birds.
Most of the employment and food retail opportunities are south of the river Leam. Development of the Glebe Farm site would mean that much of the traffic generated would have to pass through the town to acces these facilities.
The existing green belt must be retained while there are other non designated green belt sites which are suitable for development within the district and would maintain the two distinct communities of Lillington and Cubbington.