Object

Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Representation ID: 60708

Received: 10/01/2014

Respondent: MR EDWARD SETON BINNS

Representation Summary:

-Access is not feasible. Woodcote Lane is too narrow, has soft verges with no kerbs and there is no pedestrian footpath for walkers. The road is already over used by lorries from the abattoir which makes it extremely dangerous.
-The junction by the Anchor Pub has experienced many accidents and is totally unsuitable for any increase in capacity.
-The proposed density of houses would produce 100/150 extra vehicles, given the police are no longer abandoning the site.
-There is no shop in the village for the elderly or those without transport.

Full text:

If you take an area bordering the left hand side of Hill Wootton Road, Tidmarsh Road, The Hamlet, Croft Road, The Meadows and Warwick Road within this area there are approximately 144 houses on this, the most densely populated area of Leek Wootton. This area is approximately 3 times greater then areas 1, 2 and 3 on the Police Headquarters so by this ratio the maximum number of houses which should be allowed on these sites in keeping with the ethos of L.W. should be 48, otherwise the nature of the village will be lost. The 95 houses proposed by the Police is hugely excessive and totally unreasonable.
Access to these areas is not feasible. Woodcote Lane is too narrow, has soft verges with no kerbs, there is no pedestrian footpath for walkers and the road is already over used by lorries from the abattoir which make it extremely dangerous. The junction by the Anchor Pub has experienced many accidents and is totally unsuitable for any increase in capacity. The proposed density of houses would produce 100/150 extra vehicles using this junction on a daily basis - given the Police are no longer abandoning the site.
The School would need an increase in classrooms and teachers.
At present there is no shop in the village for the elderly, or those without transport.