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Site Proposals document

Representation ID: 13691

Received: 08/03/2018

Respondent: Christopher Hewitt

Representation Summary:

Residential only please.

Full text:

Further to my earlier representation, which generally supported mixed use development on this site, I now feel that the site is more suited to solely residential development. This is because sites 0272, 0142 and 0576 collectively provide a much better location for commercial development and an extension of the Tharston Industrial Estate. If they are developed for that purpose, the industrial estate will be much improved, whilst the housing on site 0201 will be improved by only having commercial use to the south, with residential to the north and east and open farmland to the west. Such an arrangement would also reduce traffic flow along the narrow section of Chequers Road between its junctions with Flowerpot Lane and Santareen Road, improving safety on that stretch of highway. As a condition of residential development on site 0201, it would be useful to require the installation of a footpath on the east side of Chequers Road to join up existing footpaths and allow pedestrians to travel along Chequers Road without needing to cross the road twice (because of a missing 50m stretch of pavement opposite the industrial estate). This will become an even bigger problem if development along Chequers Road increaes traffic flow, as it will. So, i would support residential use on this site, with all commercial development allocated to the other sites.