My objection is primarily to A1 575 A to 587 Tanworth Lane but also covers A2 Land at Dairy Mount Farm.

My objections are based on three issues :

1) Increased risk of flash flooding
2) Reduced security
3) Development unlikely to be in keeping with the character of the area

1) Flooding
My biggest concern is the increased risk of flash flooding. My property in Coppice walk is the lowest adjacent to the site and is already subject to flooding. Flood water has entered the propery twice in July 2007 and May 2018. In addition there have been numerous other occasions when the garden and garage have flooded during heavy rain. During heavy rain significant amounts of water enter our and our neighbours properties through the rear boundary to the proposed site and being the lowest propery all this accumultes on my propery and the storm drainage becomes overwhelmed.
The proposed Site at A1 slopes down Tanworth Lane until it gets to our property. Consequently all rainwater falling onto the site will drain the same way. Currently the site is over 99% grass and woodland which attenuates the run off although as mentioned above heavy rain still causes problems.
If the site is developed then I expect a large percentage of it to be covered by buildings driveways and roads which rainwater would run off immediately putting my and my neighbours propery at risk everytime it rains, increasing the frequency of flood events and potentially making our properties more or less unsalable and uninhabitable.
Of course flood defences of the type used on Cheswick Place could be incorporated into the plan but they take considerable room on what is a reasonably modest sized site and the developer will no doubt push to minimise their scale, cost and consequently effectiveness. I also have concerns who is going to maintain such flood defenses into the future as if they fall into disrepair they will end up useless.

2) Security
Currently our property has no public access to the rear making it secure. Crime in the local area has increased significantly since Cheswick Place has been built probably due to the accessible nature of the development and lack of working streetlighting. Development of the A1 site has a high risk of creating public access to the rear of our property reducing its security. Properties with open garden boundaries are at greater risk of crime and harder to sell.


3) Development in keeping with the character of the neighbourhood

There is obvious pressure both from the developers and the local authorities to increase the density of new housing being built. Considering the current lowrise and open aspect of the neighbourhood in this part of Cheswick Green I would consider the three story type properties being built on Cheswick Place not to been in keeping with the current character of the neighbourhood