Please do not deprive us of very necessary sporting facilities which are so useful for maintaining good health. The Rugby Ground should not be replaced by new houses and the tennis club should be protected from encroachment. These amenities will never be regained once they are lost.

In 2013 the policy was affirmed by an SMBC all party committee that they would not sell the freehold of the Rugby Ground site or lift the covenants regarding sole use of the site for sport. These commitments must be upheld. As a council tax payer I insist upon this.

Apart from these very important issues, 67 more houses in this area would create many problems. There are not medical or school facilities for all the extra people and the increase in cars would make the existing congestion in Sharmans Cross Road much worse. The roads would become unpleasantly busy with queues, delays and traffic jams causing increased fumes and pollution. With our current strange weather patterns heavy rain could make the drainage system inadequate to cope with the demands of 67 tightly packed extra houses. This could lead to flooding which is a terrible prospect.

I hope you will protect our facilities and not allow this very detrimental development to take place.