No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1432
Received: 15/02/2017
Respondent: Dominic Griffin
Barratt's farm is prone to flooding; the land owners proposed development plans do not take HS2 into consideration; low cost/high density housing residents will have limited employment opportunities.
800+ houses on the Green Beltat Barratt's farm is unlikley to assist in solving the boroughs needs. As a proportion of these are low cost, how are the residents supposed to get to the job locations in the North of the borough?
The land owners development plans are an idealised version of what is likely to occur. Speaking with the architect, he was completely unaware that the site was bordered by the proposed route of HS2, which means any development will take place further from the railway line, and closer to existing dwellings
The field slopes down towards the base of the railway line. There is always water-logging and light flooding there. If the area is built upon, it will only increase the likelihood of flooding to the station area, and the lower end of Station Road