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The location is right next to the sewerage works. Living on the far side of chase meadows the odour infiltrates the whole of the estate significantly in the summer months which would make the site unsuitable for residential development. Increased traffic is an issue and concern with ongoing development on Beaumont Meadows and Chase Meadows still in progress. The town centre has serious traffic management issues at rush hours and weekends and further development would only add to this. The land would be more suitable to commercial development and increased employment is more likely to be accessed from the A46/M40 rather than residents that would need the facilities of the town centre. Chase meadows would provide the closest schools and medical centre which already cannot cope with the amount of parking facilities, the roads regularly being full of parked cars and businesses on Edgehill Drive having insufficient car parking which is an issue with the ambulance service being located there and needing easy access. The medical centre does not appear to have parking for patients either. Flood risks have also been identified in the area and further residential development of any type is only going to increase the risk and surface water drainage required. Whilst Taylor Wimpey have taken steps to reduce the risk based on their development plans they will not have factored in additional development in the vicinity that will impact on risk analysis.