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ID sylw: 106458

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Philippa Bonelle

OBJECTIONS TO SITE REF 649 Land at rear of station lane and Meadow Lane
The proposed site is designated agricultural land and green belt which should be avoided at all costs and only when brown field sites have been exhausted. The stated strategic objective of the Government’s National Policy Planning Framework is to preserve green belt and build on brownfield sites. The government has an objective to build 300,000 houses to provide affordable social housing – this development would NOT provide this due to the prices of properties being built. There are currently over 700,000 empty house and over 265,000 are deemed long term empty. Surely these properties should be made available for use first, before any further building is considered.
This development would be completely detrimental to the character of the area as a whole – being green fields and trees. The loss of the associated environmental benefits would be substantial and increased noise, pollution and air quality would be affected negatively. All green belt agricultural areas should be maintained in order that the UK can continue to grow food and feed the country and not become reliant on imported foods.
The plan extends to the flood plain and is therefore not ideal due to the risk of flooding and it would increase the flooding which we already suffer repeatedly in Meadow Lane due to loss of drainage area.
The existing infrastructure does not have any spare capacity in terms of roads, bridges, railway, bus service (non-existent), energy, drainage, sewerage and power. The GP practice is full and so is the school with no capacity to increase provision. The loss of habitat to wildlife would be considerable and detrimental. Access and egress issues would create a dangerous increase in cars pulling onto Station Lane from 93 houses there would be around 180 more cars exiting onto station lane. There is no pavement provision on large sections of station lane thereby putting pedestrians, children and cyclists and other motorists at increased risk.