It is not realistic to expect villages to be able to sustain this level of growth - even those with CURRENTLY adequate infrastructure. If the 500 homes proposed is contuinued then at least it should be distributed across the Cat 1 villages pro-rata according to size and not a blanket 100 per village. Barford is the smallest of the Cat 1 villages and in the published Sustainability Appraisal achieves the third worst score, with only Rowington and N/Lindsey scoring lower. Whilst the village has fought hard over the years to maintain its sutainability a large increase at this stage would not be sustainable, particularly relating to our very successful school.
Any proposed increases should and must take account of recent developoments and increases in village size to ensure that changes over relatively short periods are not so extreme as to distort the community balance.
Proposals currently in the pipeline should be full taken into account when counting the allocation to each village.