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ID sylw: 107637

Derbyniwyd: 27/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Elaine MErrygold

Site 196 Land East of Vicarage Lane, Sherbourne
I understand that the SWLP includes a housing density of 30 Dwellings per Hectare (dph), so in principle this site could be promoted to take between 60 and 70 houses. Any such proposal would definitely not meet your Strategic Objective 1 of providing sustainable growth in an area.
Sherbourne has no infrastructure to ‘sustain’ any such development. The Severn Trent sewage systems can’t cope with current load (as detailed above) let alone the load from another 60+ dwellings. There are no pavements in most of the village and pedestrians have to walk in the road, competing for space with traffic, including overweight trucks and tractors that use is as a short cut, despite the weight limit signs. Over 60 houses at 2.5 people per house and probably two vehicles per house will add considerably to both the traffic and pedestrian volumes on the road. There is one church, but no school, pub, shops, etc so residents wishing to access any of these services will have to travel. The bus service is at best inadequate and impractical as it takes a very long time to reach a town from our village.
Sherbourne does not fit within your concept of a ‘Twenty Minute Neighbourhood’ which I understand to uphold the principle of being able to access services within a 10 minute walk, each way.