Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 14158
Received: 16/03/2018
Respondent: Mr Brian Grundy
Proposed development would change the character, and potentially more than double the number of residences in the village. Farmland should not be used (other than as last resort). Inevitable consequence of the development would be substantial increase in traffic on Caistor Lane, and further pressure on already stretched local services.
- Though numbers are not specified, the amount of housing which would inevitably go onto this substantial site would fundamentally change the character of the village from its existing linear form;
- Potentially it could more than double the 120 or so current residences;
- The land is arable farmland and should not be considered for housing use, unless as a very last resort;
- Current access to the proposed site is very restricted, and even if that could be improved, the generated traffic coming onto Caistor Lane would significantly impact a "Byway" which already struggles to cope with existing (and already increasing) traffic volumes;
- Local services, particularly schools, GP and Pharmacy services already struggling from significant recent development in neighbouring villages, would be seriously affected.