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Increasing the size of Hampton Magna as proposed will destroy the character of the village and overwhelm the existing services. As a former governor of Budbrooke Primary School I am aware of the current overcrowding due to existing pupil numbers. Adding 150 new houses will lead to the need to not only add even more classrooms to cope with the additional pupils but also require new halls, as the current cohorts only just manage to squeeze in for whole school assemblies. The current pupil numbers means Budbrooke is already a large school and an additional 150 houses will put undue pressure on the infrastructure both within the school and the roads leading to the school. Try driving past Styles Close when there is a Golden Assembly on and you will see cars parked all the way from Arras Boulevard right up to the pub.
The main access to the village means traffic has to pass under a railway bridge that has traffic lights that at peak times can be quite congested. 150 houses will mean at least 300 additional cars which will cause even more traffic jams forcing people to find rat runs around small country lanes.