Dear Sirs,
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>> I strongly object to further building in this area, you may have reduced the number of houses down from 700 to 350, but this is still 350 more properties than this area can stand or actually wants.
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>> I object for the following reasons:
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>> 1. This area already has the highest car ownership in the borough. Each property comes with at least 2 new vehicles, which will be at least another 700 vehicles on our roads, that is without considering visitors to these houses. Roads which are already getting more and more congested especially at 'rush hour". The roads are already unsuitable, without even completion of the Fulford hall site, or the new site on Lowbrooke Lane. So what are they going to be like with all this extra housing?
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>> 2. The impact on the Green belt, we bought our property here because we felt secure by the Green belt status. We bought into a village surrounded by fields, which is fast becoming a town, and an extension of Shirley. It will just end up as one big concrete site.
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>> 3. I do not think the council have considered or thought through the impact on existing households, all this new buildings impact on the character of the area we live, ancient hedgerows and the important Tithe Barn ancient woodland.
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>> 4. All this building will impact the ecology of the area, with potential to loose or damage protected sites for badger setts, bats and great crested newts.
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>> 5. 90% of Dickens Heath residents objected to site 4, so why is this site even still being considered? As a council do you not listen or even respect your council tax payers?
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>> 6. There will be extra demand on Whitocks End station which is already overcrowded, leading to parking problems, congestion and pollution.
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>> Finally, as a village we have had more than our fair share of disruption, and building. Remember this was Green Belt, please start building in other more suitable areas in the borough, and leave us in peace.