The development in my opinion should have allocated affordable housing.
Would add to existing problem with speeding traffic coming past the canal into Knowle.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I would like to comment on the proposed plan for Hampton Road. I live in one of Grimshaw Villas which are part of the heritage area of Grimshaw Hall.

Whilst I do not object to the housing site as affordable housing is very much needed and family members are currently unable to afford to buy property in the area despite wanting to live here I do however have numerous concerns .

The development in my opinion should have allocated affordable housing
With priority given to locals. It should not be mostly large 4 bedroom detached properties .

Also the field in front of Grimshaw Villas is higher than the Villas and currently the water run off already causes issues with drainage onto the lane and front gardens of the Villas. My concern is that the drainage on Hampton Road needs to be vastly improved to cope with additional buildings as this is going to make our current issues a lot worse and our houses need to be considered in the planning process.

Also , there is already a problem with speeding traffic coming past the canal into Knowle. It’s a daily occurrence for cars to be doing 70 mph plus on that stretch of road . Turning out of our lane onto Hampton Road is a very risky business at the moment and often you pull out and due to the bend in the road cars are speeding and don’t see you have pulled out until it’s too late and it’s an accident waiting to happen. I feel putting the opening to the proposed football club directly opposite our lane is a very bad idea. There needs to be speed restrictions well before the canal to slow the traffic down.

I also have concerns about the floodlights that will be installed at the football ground and how this will impact the Villas , Grimshaw Lodge and Grimshaw Cottage.

Also, I feel the number of houses planned for Knowle is far too many and Knowle and it’s roads will not cope.