Burton Green
Support
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 52637
Received: 01/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Anne Horsley
This is a sensible option if this plan preserves the integrity of the existing community.
This is a sensible option if this plan preserves the integrity of the existing community.
Object
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 53631
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Corinne Ratcliffe
Coalescence - contrary to Planning Policy.
Traffic Levels - road infrastructure will not support increase in number of cars.
HS2 - No longer a requirement for replacement housing.
Loss of sports field facility.
I live on Westwood Heath Road not far from the junction with Cromwell Lane. My house is in Coventry and the bottom of my garden boundary is also the Warwickshire boundary. Whilst Burton Green, Coventry and Solihull meet along Cromwell Lane, there is clear division between them. Should homes be built in back-field developments, the boundaries between Coventry and Warwickshire will become extremely blurred. Coalescence will occur without a doubt, which I believe is contrary to planning policy.
Traffic volumes are very high in this area due to commuters accessing the Business Park, Science Park, University, Tile Hill Station, Network Rail HQ, local supermarkets and schools, as well as Coventry City centre. This is not just along Westwood Heath Road but also Cromwell Lane (both directions), Hodgetts Lane, and Crackley Lane has become a rat-run for commuters from Kenilworth. Coventry have restricted road access for businesses/ new housing so that all traffic has to travel on the same roads.
There are periods of the day we cannot arrive or depart from our house because of the volume of traffic, and the queues of cars can easily reach from the junction with Cromwell Lane way past Bockenden Lane junction.
The high speeds that cars reach on a straight road with a blind brow when the queue is absent, means that crossing the road is dangerous, particularly for those of us with children or grandchildren, and also the elderly.
Additional traffic at peak times will create havoc, and I really feel that the areas outlined in the new Local Plan will add intolerable strain on the road network and local residents.
As I understand it, the revised HS2 plans include a tunnel and no longer require the demolition of houses to enable the line to proceed, so there is no requirement for replacement housing in the area. In fact any potential housing development will be exposed to the HS2 line, and a sports field will be lost.
Support
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 56562
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: CALA Homes (Midlands) Ltd & Mr & mrs Watkinson
Agent: Cerda Planning Ltd
Supports increased housing at Burton Green.
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Object
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 56563
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: CALA Homes (Midlands) Ltd & Mr & mrs Watkinson
Agent: Cerda Planning Ltd
Distribution of housing to primary service villages and secondary villages is questioned. The overall housing figure should be increased in order that the fully assessed housing need is met by the Plan; and that a greater proportion of housing should be directed to village locations.
This should include increased housing provision at Burton Green over and above the 70 - 90 houses identified in Policy RDSS notwithstanding that support is offered to the policy identifying increased housing at Burton Green.
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