Testun llawn:
I wish to tender my OBJECTION to the NEW LOCAL PLAN with especial reference to Hampton Magna, as being UNSOUND.
POSITIVELY PREPARED.
Proposed site H51, Hampton Magna, is UNSOUND because it is NOT positively prepared, for the following reasons:-
The field proposed for H51 has previously been considered for development and rejected for having too big a negative impact on local residents.
H51 is only now re-considered because the field is available. Being available for development is not the same as being suitable for development.
JUSTIFIED/EFFECTIVE.
Proposed site H51, Hampton Magna, is UNSOUND because it is NOT Justified or effective, for the following reasons:-
For the reasons included above plus:-
The proposed site H51 is of lower elevation than the surrounding areas and would therefore have a negative visual impact for adjacent residents.
Access to the proposed development H51 would be via Woodway Avenue/Daly Avenue, Minster Close and/or Maine Close. The resultant increase in traffic, including construction traffic, to access the new development would have a negative impact on the current relatively peaceful environment. There is already a danger spot at Sumner Close when exiting onto Daly Avenue, due to unsighted traffic emerging from the bend in Woodway Avenue, which will also be negatively impacted.
Field H51 is the site of Sewerage pumping stations for the whole of Hampton Magna. Any disruption or additional development here could lead to considerable sewage problems. Severn Trent are currently investigating/assessing problem areas. Water supply pipes are bursting frequently, my own supply pipe, in Sumner Close, has burst twice in the last 2 years.
Budbrooke Medical Centre is currently operating at full capacity. Appointments can be made usually for the same day at present, but any additional increase in population caused by the extended H27 and newly proposed H51 will have a negative impact.
Budbrooke School is also currently at full capacity and again any increase in the number of children attending the school will have a negative impact.
Construction traffic would need to access Hampton Magna via either a low, narrow, traffic light controlled railway bridge, or Hampton on the Hill, neither of which are conducive to the passage of large vehicles. Budbrooke Road and Hampton on the Hill are already being used as a rat run to and from the Henley Road causing speeding, parking/congestion problems, especially at peak times.
Traffic build up in the area is already causing problems during peak times. Local flooding, as occurred last week, caused Hampton Magna/Hampton on the Hill to be virtually isolated due to the resultant traffic chaos. Further development of Hampton Magna will exacerbate the problem.