No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 6401
Received: 05/12/2016
Respondent: Mrs Geri Silverton
Whilst I understand the need for extra housing I feel Dickens Heath has had more than its fair share. These plans propose expanding it by 60% without any additional amenities and the infrastructure cannot cope, with car based journeys to the village centre where walking was envisaged. Loss of semi rural village character.
Point 87.
Dickens Heath Village was specifically designed to be an independent village with its own infrastructure. The village has been continually expanded and expanded - the current additions are still being built. The village infrastructure simply cannot cope. Main Street was built as a collection of local shops that residents could easily walk to. This has been lost, with cars parked everywhere is has become unsafe and the local businesses suffer.
Whilst I understand the need for extra housing I feel Dickens Heath has had more than its fair share.
These plans propose expanding it by 60% without any additional amenities.
The moto on Dickens Heath's coat of arms is 'In the Countryside we Flourish'. Families moved here in promise of a semi-rural village life.