Hatton Station is the only village of the 15 listed located on a country lane. A lane which is narrow and has a number of difficult bends (report by planning officer to committee 21/05/203). For drivers negotiating walkers, cyclists and horses is difficult and dangerous, particularly on bends. How much more so with increased traffic. There is no pavement for walkers to use, and no grass verges for anyone to escape onto - including cars meeting larger vehicles. This is not the only traffic hazard which would increase greatly with a greater volume of traffic. The junction with the station approach is invisible to anyone driving from the Pinley direction over the railway bridge. Leaving the station it is impossible to see over the bridge to your left and to your right there is a dip in the road into which cars disappear and when they appear again they are almost upon you. The station is well used and an increased volume of traffic would make this junction even more hazardous. The junction with Oakdene Cresent is also dangerous. I can support comments made about parking/congestion in Oakdene Crescent, but not only is access to the sight poor but to the village as a whole.
I can also support comments on sewage/drainage. I have a cess pit. When we came here 26 years ago we tried to be joined to mains drainage which we had been lead to believe could be done for a fee. We were firmly told that the system was full to capacity and could not take even one more. Apparently, a difficulty being that all services have to go over the railway and canal bridges. Another difficulty of access.
I see that an early years nursery is listed as an asset. This is a commercially run nursery recently opened and listing it presupposes parents would be willing and able to pay fees, and also that the venture is profitable enough to survuve.. However there is no primary school within easy reach and the nearest at Hatton Green is well oversubscribed being well used by the large Hatton Park estate. It would be difficult for a one car family to survive here. This makes the increased traffic from 20(25) houses proportionally greater than might otherwise be expected.