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Site Proposals document

Representation ID: 14426

Received: 18/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Susan Swanston

Representation Summary:

Lack of suitable drainage; no village facilities; narrow road; no public footpath; flooding; electricity infrastructure not large enough to sustain development - we have regular power cuts; broadband speeds are abysmal; landline quality poor; loss of views; Windmill would become lost in the development; loss of focal point in the village if Windmill can't be seem; development out of keeping with the village; loss of hedgerow and wildlife haven at the boundary between agricultural fields and houses; loss of drainage ditch which catches the run-off from the fields.

Full text:

My objections to the proposed site are as follows:
1.Drainage - Low Street floods regularly due to run of from the fields.
2. The houses on the street opposite the proposed development have already suffered flooding this year.
3. Low Street is single width carriageway with no passing places.
4. No public footpath exists on Low Street.
5. No safe walking route to school at the other end of the village.
6. We have no facilities i.e. shop.
7. The electricity infrastructure is poor - we have regular power cuts.
8. No gas in the village which would therefore put greater demand on the electricity supply.
9. Broadband speeds are abysmal.
10. Landline quality is poor.
11.Loss of views across the countryside.
12. Windmill would become lost in the amount of housing proposed, this would then lead to a drop in visitor numbers.
13.Loss of focal point in village if Windmill can't be seen due to the amount of housing.
14.The development is out of keeping with the village. It's a village for a reason.
15.Loss of hedgerow and wildlife haven on Low Street at the boundary between fields and roads.
16. Loss of the drainage ditch, which catches the run-off from the fields.

The main points of objection are the narrow road and the lack of drainage, Low Street and Wicklewood do not have the infrastructure available to sustain any further housing developments.