Object

Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Representation ID: 60784

Received: 13/01/2014

Respondent: Ms Judy Steele

Representation Summary:

Object to sites 1,2 and 3 - prefer site 4

Full text:

Impossible to tick a box which supports some bits and not others. I would prefer no development in a village which does not have the traffic infrastructure or any other sort of infrastructure to support another hundred houses. Any tiny problem on the Radford Road results in gridlock all the way into or out of Leamington at peak periods. The school is not big enough. The drainage is probably not up to the job.
If we have to have development I prefer site 4 which seems to have less visual impact and to 'fill in' the shape of the village. The new houses will be close to the existing facilities - the school, shops, community hall and playing field. The preferred site next to the Church destroys the heritage and beauty of a village which has already had its fair share of development over the years. It has highway problems. I don't support sites 2 and 3 as they will extend the boundary of the village out into the countryside and affect its rural surroundings. Traffic here will also be an issue. Site 4 does not lead directly onto the main road and I would think that traffic management could be more easily dealt with on this site. It will have far less visual impact than option 1 and will not affect the village boundary to such an extent.