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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warren Harding

1) Henley-in-Arden Golf Club. My understanding is that it is proposed to put up to 2500 new houses on the Golf Club site in Henley-in-Arden, and while i realise there is a need for housing i feel this is an overdevelopment of the site and clearly Henley does not have the infrastructure to accommodate up to 10,000 new residents - the Doctors are already stretched and the Local Hospitals struggle to cope, Henley no longer has a Police presence and the community is serviced by just 1 Fire Engine. While i believe a new school is planned within the site this will not fix the other issues. However the main issue with this proposed development appears to be the intention to access the new site off the Henley Road on the outskirts of Ullenhall. This Road already carries signs stating it is unsuitable for HGV’s and has traffic calming through the village with a 20mph speed limit, but is still used as a cut through from Henley onto the A435 to join the M40. 2500 new homes would mean 5000-6000 more vehicles, the majority of which would choose to use the Unclassified Lane through the village to get to the main road - and the traffic that turns in the opposite direction will either clog up the traffic lights in henley on the B4189, that already see’s backed up traffic in peak times, or drive traffic down another cut through - Mayswood Road in Wooten Wawen.
If the rumours of the entrance to the development off Henley Road is true how will the Development Lorries access the site - the Henley Road carries several signs stating unsuitable for HGV’s !! This is for a reason - Ullenhall is a farming community with all the side roads being single track roads - as such all the roads are used by farmers, Dog Walkers, Hikers and Horse riders, most of the lanes have no footpaths, so clearly all these activities would become dangerous with any increase in traffic or the introduction of HGV’s.
If the development is to go ahead i would like to propose the following is given consideration on the grounds of safety and the harm on the environment of Ullenhall.

A) Where Henley lane joins Ullenhall Street the Road gets closed off completely stopping all traffic from entering the Village from Henley Direction and as such pushing traffic down the B4189.
B) More Ideally given the volume of new traffic an A road would be a better option for the entrance and as such the existing entrance to Henley Golf Club should be improved and modified to cater for the traffic, this would allow access via the A3400 to the M40 or dispersion through Henley in Arden (also not ideal) on the A3400 towards Stratford.

2) Proposed Development of 16,000 new Houses in Tanworth-in-Arden. While there are areas of Land that would seem suitable for Development around Tanworth-in-Arden, the volume indicated of up to 16000 new homes in Tanworth is totally unsustainable within the village - as with Henley the infrastructure is just not in place to sustain this - having been born in Tanworth-in-Arden i am aware that other than 2 pubs, the doctors and a small school there is nothing there to accommodate such a huge development - the doctors are already overrun and there is no room to extend the school which is also hard to access. But my biggest concern once again is the increase in volume of the traffic - while there is a good road (Broad Lane) that can take traffic to the A435 and then onto the M40, i am also aware that everyone who lives local uses all the smaller lanes such as Poolhead Lane to cut through to the A435, or the back lanes towards Henley to join the Stratford Road - as with the Lanes around Ullenhall, the Lanes around Tanworth-in-Arden just are not suitable for increased traffic - again this is a farming community with Horse Riders and walkers using the roads where there are no footpaths and the danger that the increased volumes of traffic would bring would be horrendous.