Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 7097

Received: 07/03/2019

Respondent: Mr T Thomas

Representation Summary:

Plans for Hockley Heath are out of proportion to the size of the village, adding 19% new housing and putting pressure on the local infrastructure. School Road is rural and already recognised as a serious problem for traffic and cyclists using it. 150 new homes together with traffic from the major Blythe Valley development using it as a "rat run" will only make it far worse.

Full text:

I do not agree for the following reasons:
1. The plan removes what is effectively the last green belt within the village, certainly the last in School Road.
When the next LDP consultation takes place in under 15 years more land will be needed and should be taken into account in developing this plan. Current Amber and Red sites should be reconsidered in the light of this rather than the current short term view.
2. School road is rural and already recognised as a serious problem for trafic and cyclist using it. 150 new homes together with traffic from the major Blythe Valley development using it as a "rat run"ill only make it far worse.
3.Site 25 as planned will increase the size of Hockley Heath by 12% according to figures in this LDP. Adding the sites to the north of the road adds another 50 houses making 19% growth. With the new housing completed last year by Waterloo housing and Spitfire brings his to 25% growth in the village putting unacceptable pressure on the local infrastructure.