All major developments should be fully consulted with the residents already living there, this has not been done. When surveyed, most Hatton Park residents strongly disagree with any further development of the site. There should be an agreed local plan, where all views have been considered, this has not been done.
Building 120 new houses would put a greater strain on the local infrastructure. There are frequent traffic jams on the Birmingham road already, leading to long journey time to work. The pollution from more traffic will impact the health and the environment. The Birmingham road is already an accident hot spot, more traffic will add to this.
The proposed site is green belt land. This should be protected. This will lead to a loss of habitat for wildlife.
The proposed development site is a flood plain. Trenches run along the Birmingham road which frequently fill with water and the field floods often. More housing will put increased pressure on to the sewerage system. The Birmingham road itself floods.
Hatton Park lacks basic facilities. No supermarket, doctors, schools. There are no plans to improve facilities here in the local plan, only to add more houses without improving facilities. The local primary school is already full to capacity. There will be extra pressure on the fire brigade, NHS and police without adequate planning.