No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 243
Received: 15/01/2017
Respondent: Mrs Felicity Wheeler
Sites 1/2/3.
Accessibility to the Barratts Lane site is virtually non-existent.
Public transport is poor and new housing will result in even more traffic within the village.
Additional secondary school places will be needed and at least one new primary school. All of which need addressing prior to any more housing. No mention is made of drainage/sewage requirements.
Developers should also commit to providing green space and adequate parking in any development. When new housing might abut existing properties it would be sensible to insist on a green space corridor to protect residents from the new development.
Re LPR ref 1
There is currently no access to this site. Access off Station Road will increase traffic through an already dangerously busy shopping area. Access towards Coventry is via a single lane road with height access restrictions.
Improvement to passenger waiting facilities may be required at Berkswell Station but there are only 2 trains per hour.
The existing cycle way is being removed due to HS2 and the area is crisscrossed by footpaths which are well used.
Bus service is non-existent due to lack of access
Your infrastructure sets out a requirement for more secondary and primary provision. The former would need further consideration as the existing school is already full. A new primary school would be needed but if this is provided within this space it will further increase the traffic through the village and, if located at the Waste Lane end, it is very close to the existing primary school. It would be far more sensible to locate this at the northern side of the village.
No mention is made of drainage/sewage which is already an issue for the village.