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Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Graham & Elaine Sandall

I am writing to you to oppose the proposed development of housing on land around Hockley Heath (SG24). Despite attempts to register my opposition, via the elusive 'portal' that pertains to allow comments on this proposal, I am emailing instead in the hope that this method will actually work.

The village of Hockley Heath as you are aware is set in Green Belt land, which should only be built on in exceptional circumstances. The loss of biodiversity and green space would be detrimental to the existing residents in Hockley Heath. The village struggles with surface water drainage problems and adding more housing would only exacerbate this.

The roads in and out of Hockley Heath are all single lane carriageways which already struggle with traffic congestion and flow at peak times and these all lead to the A3400 which cannot cope and is already an accident risk. To attract more traffic by building hundreds of new dwellings would be catastrophic. Coupled with this, there is little infrastructure in terms of schooling and health care provision in Hockley Heath as it is and to overburden this area further would be crippling and destructive.

The proposals for SG24 should be cancelled altogether and an alternative brown field site found for development, out of the plentiful options available in the rest of South Warwickshire.