With respect to the submission to a proposed housing development next to the Durham Ox Public House Shrewley Common. no 111.
These houses will be placed on a road that has a speed limit of 40 mph. This is rarely heeded, traffic is a great deal faster. it is on a long straight piece of road encouraging acceleration.
the DurhamOx is next door which is noisy and will be disturbing for residents - there is often outside music at its numerous events throughout the year. these events go on late into the evening. It is likely there will be a conflict of the entrances/exits onto the road with both the proposed development and pub.
The law states alcohol levels for drivers but there is, obviously and frequently, drivers that will be turning onto the road and past the development with impared capability therefore causing hazard.
Being so close to the pub, there is the great risk that residents of the proposed development will become noisy and undisciplined on walking back to their homes. Being no other outside distraction in the immediate area, it can be seen that the frequency of pub usage will be high.
The proposed development is very likely to become a high rate area. Visitation will primarily by foot.
There are no noticable areas for employment in the area of Shrewley Common. Any employment is to be found a long distance by class B and C roads..
The only access to a train service is through lanes to Hatton Station some 21/2 miles via Pinley green, etc. Long distance bus services are similarly inconvenient.
Primary school education is in the take of the Fercumbe School at Hatton. This is slated to be expanded in the near future. The extra traffic (70% of children are delivered by private transport(ref Hatton P.C. draft parish plan.) will increase the traffic burden through Shrewley Common, impose the risk of further accidents at Shrewley cross roads and the turn onto the Hockley Road by Cornagh's Farm.
Shrewley Common has no church or green space for community recreation and as mentioned before, no nearbye employment opportunities.
there is a sufficient mix of varied priced housing from the original council housing to the more expensive.
The inclusion of any more housing in Shrewley Common in the LDP will do nothing to increase sustainability - rather it will lower this factor noticably. Unlike Hatton Green that has a very strong call for housing freemarket and affordable, a school that is to be expanded, Church, Sizable community green space (the old sports field - aka scout field - on Stoney lane), sizable village hall and direct access onto the A4177 and with substantial empoyment opportunities, noticable large footpath network. Substantial junction improvements onto the A4177 are being put forward.