Support

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 8726

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Andrea Baker

Representation Summary:

Support consideration of this site, but not the plans for use. Current train services inadequate, and do not serve variety of areas people will need for work. Road network is poor, with insufficient parking at station, speeding traffic making walking dangerous. Proposal needs a rethink based on what the village as a whole needs, not just more houses and no consideration for the people that do, and will, live here. Relocate the schools to purpose built sites to avoid school run chaos, with primary school site for infants/nursery, use secondary site for housing or dedicated community facility.

Full text:

The site is one to be considered, but using the station as a positive link to public transport is somewhat farcical. There are two trains an hour, nowhere near sufficient for commuters to access the variety of areas they will need for work. The road network in the region is poor, and blocked by insufficient parking facilities at the station meaning existing commuters choose to park badly on surrounding roads. The speed that cars travel that road would make walking with young children not viable or safe, and the very low railway bridge results in high vehicles hitting it and blocking the road on a regular basis. A better option would be to use this to recreate the infrastructure the village needs. Relocate the schools to purpose built sites - perhaps creating a junior and senior campus, with traffic flows to avoid the "school run chaos", leaving the existing primary school site as a dedicated infant and nursery school site. The HoE site could be demolished and used for housing, or a dedicated community facility.