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ID sylw: 105824

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Virginia Sharpe

I would like to object to the proposal to build 4,800 homes between Depper's Bridge and Ladbroke. My objections are
1. The B4451 road that runs through Depper's Bridge is already too narrow and suffers from bottlenecks due to parked cars and the speed control bollards. As the B4451 road continues to Southam, it is narrow with sharp bends and blind spots and cannot tolerate higher levels of traffic.
2. Access to Ladbroke from the B4451 via Harbury Road, Church Road and School Lane onto Banbury Road is a series of narrow roads that could not support high traffic flows through Ladbroke village to cut through to the A423 bypass o Banbury. It is one lane through most of the village, which is why the bypass was built.
3. The development cannot be supported by local infrastructure such as parking for shopping in Harbury or Southam, retail shops or GP services when it is now almost impossible to visit a local practice; appointments are online or by phone unless scheduled weeks in advance and there are no local walk-in centres. The closest is Coventry.
4. The fields opposite the turnoff into Harbury Rd leading to Ladbroke, which are part of the designated F2 area, regularly flood during winter and at other times of heavy rain. How will this excess water be managed to avoid flooding in other nearby locations?
5. The area that runs from Harbury through Depper's Bridge to the A423 bypass beyond Ladbroke is a quiet rural area with farms and small settlements. A building project of this size is out of keeping with the rural nature of the area.