Local Development Plan Site 245
LDP - Proposed Housing Allocation Site 18

Dear Sir,
with reference to the above proposal, I submit my objections for your appraisal.

I believe, Sixty Seven to One Hundred, multi occupancy residences, crammed into a relatively small area, is inappropriate with this location and would destroy the demographic of this traditional, well established, desirable area.
I, as a local resident, (Winterbourne road) find it difficult to keep this objective as I bought into a future near a sports ground, not a housing development.
On a more objective note:
The drainage system is struggling to cope with currant demand and there is often flooding at the junction of Sharmans cross road and Streetsbrook road. Winterbourne road also suffers even with fairly moderate rainfall.
Local schools, particularly primary schools, are already oversubscribed, as are local Doctors, Dentists etc.

As 'Touchwood' has had a huge impact on local traffic, so has the continuous development of Blossomfield road. Replacing large family houses with multi occupancy accommodation, has brought chaos to a road system, which, with significantly more traffic, has remained unchanged.

This development would involve adding an access road next to Sharmans cross infant/junior school, adding extra danger to a road, already difficult to navigate, when parents collect their children from school.
Ultimately, I believe, a further development, would serve only in impacting negatively on an already oversubscribed area.
Finally, it is common knowledge, that there exists a covenant on this land, to furnish the need for a much needed sporting/recreational facility.
This has been ignored by the present owners 'Oakmoor' (Sharmans Cross)Ltd.
Indeed, the land has been deliberately neglected, and the changing rooms allowed to rot.
A pre school group, happy to rent the clubhouse for its purposes was forced to abandon the venture, leaving the building to deteriorate.
The site is now becoming an eyesore. A ploy, I am sure, intended to support Oakmoor's application.
I would urge SMBC to remove site 245 from its 'Land Development Program' and honour the agreement made in 2013. To retain the Freehold and force the owners to return the land to the purpose for which it was intended.