Object

Revised Development Strategy

Representation ID: 54966

Received: 14/07/2013

Respondent: Sue & Ron Deavall

Representation Summary:

Objects strongly to the ridiculous proposals put forward for more housing in the area of Whitnash.

Traffic:
* No new main roads were built to assist with the extra traffic generated by Warwick Gates and there has been a huge impact on the roads in the are;

*It is already very difficult to get out of Ashford Road, (which should if any one had considered the situation had a roundabout built there) more houses will only make this much worse;

Air Quality:
*there will off course be more air pollution affecting health in the already overcrowded area;

Local infrastructure:
* The pressure on local schools, leisure facilities and doctors is already a huge problem and with a large number of houses this will only become much worse;
* Are so many houses needed in this area when our roads and schools are already under so much pressure?


Alternatives:
*Surely it would make more sense to build on 'brown field' sites - there are many empty factories on Heathcote, Sydenham and round about, rather than use even more of our precious fields ;
* There should be a more even distribution of new houses across the district and our neighbouring local authorities.

Full text:

I feel I must object strongly to the ridiculous proposals put forward for more housing in the area of Whitnash.

After Warwick Gates
was
built and no new main roads were built to assist with the extra traffic there has been a huge impact on the roads in the area,it is already very difficult to get out of Ashford Road, (which should if any one had considered the situation had a roundabout built there) more houses will only make this much worse, and there will off course be more air pollution affecting every bodies health in the already over crowded area.

The pressure on local schools, leisure facilities and doctors is already a huge problem and with a large number of houses this will only become much worse.

The Woodside 'plan' is on
grade 2 agricultural land
which I thought was very productive for growing crops on so how can this be considered for building on and the traffic access from Tachbrook Road is totally impractical owing to the already high volume.


Surely it would make more sense to build on 'brown field' sites - there are many empty factories on Heathcote, Sydenham and round about, not use even more of our precious fields and we should have a more even distribution of new houses across the district and our neighbouring local authorities. Do we really need so many houses in this area when our roads and schools are already under so much pressure.