Object
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 53897
Received: 28/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Alex Farr
Your preferred option is to "distribute growth across the District...", but the Green Belt - 80% of the District - is not being revised so the remainder of the District needs to provide 4 times the growth to compensate. Although the Plan details a series of mitigation methods these are concentrated on moving traffic from the new developments northwards which will move congestion to the town centres. When these roads become blocked (as already happens) traffic will use alternative routes and attempt to by-pass the town centres using narrow village roads villages unsuited to these volumes of traffic.
Your preferred option is to "distribute growth across the District...", but the Green Belt - 80% of the District - is not being revised so the remainder of the District needs to provide 4 times the growth to compensate. Although the Plan details a series of mitigation methods these are concentrated on moving traffic from the new developments northwards which will move congestion to the town centres. When these roads become blocked (as already happens) traffic will use alternative routes and attempt to by-pass the town centres using narrow village roads villages unsuited to these volumes of traffic.