BASE HEADER

To whom it may concern. In principle, I concur with the proposals for the suggested sites for development and for the discounted areas, but would like to comment in general about the decisions so far made in the enquiry. Lapworth is a rural area offering the features and lifestyle expected in such a locality: green belt, rural landscape, hedge and tree frontages (many trees with preservation orders), poor drainage and flooding issues, an inadequate sewage system and narrow and hazardous roads. In most of the preferred sites I can sense the danger of entrance and exit to and from well used busy roads. Certainly the preferred sites of Kingswood Farm and behind Kingswood Cottages are situated opposite and beside a busy garage and shops where cars are parked on the main road restricting the view and traffic flow. Vehicle parking should be addressed before these sites are considered for development. It is a sensible decision to discount the sites along Station Lane. It is a working agricultural site, fronted by hedgerow and many preserved trees and on a narrow and busy lane. Entrance and exit from these sites by more vehicles would only add to the hazards causing extra danger to pedestrians, especially the children, using the road. The very wet conditions of the fields add only to the poor drainage in the area overburdening the inadequate sewage system and to the flooding in wet weather which seems to be more prevalent in recent times. Any development in such an area as Lapworth can only harm the rural atmosphere of the village, so any decision must be taken sympathetically, with the understanding of the needs of the Community, the safety of the residents and of the suitability of the roads and infra-structure.