1. Site access point immediately opposite our house causing potential access issues.
2. Road would need to be widened outside our house as currently single track - would that mean the verge disappearing or would it be taken from the field.
3. Flooding has been an issue, we fought for 2 years to get that sorted and during that time every time it rained the road, the verge and our driveway were flooded preventing access to our property. Although drainage was replaced we were informed by the Highways that unless the road/ditches etc were maintained so the drains did not get clogged up then we would likely end up with flooding again. No maintenance has taken place since the new drainage.
4. In relation to point 3 more houses means more concrete areas and more drainage - we are concerned of the impact of this on our property and possibility of causing access issues to property due to flooding. This will also have an impact on the value of our property should we ever come to sell it.
5. Road outside our property is not maintained, the sweepers and gritters only do as far as the end of the crescent and stop before our house where it is single track.
6. Broadband currently waivers between not working at all and if we are lucky about 4 megabits per second. More houses would add additional strain on the current sub-standard broadband.
7. No current facilities in the village in terms of shop etc, minimal buses which only go from the A140 not within the village. Is there any guarantee of shop being provided on the waste station site if this housing site goes ahead - housing developments often go ahead with promises that are never fulfilled.
8. The proposed housing would have an effect on the amount of traffic in School Road. Currently cars tend to park on the corner of School Road and with the addition of the new pavement on the corner of the Street visibility to pull in and out of School Road is far from good. Additional volume of traffic will only make this worse with potential for accidents both for vehicles and pedestrians.
9. Access via Star Lane not good as no passing places and when ford flooded no access.
10. Traditionally new houses have insufficient car parking. Due to lack of public transport it should be expected that a one bed house would need 2 cars (assuming a couple live there), a 2 bed house would need 3 spaces and a 3 bed house would need 4 spaces etc. If insufficient car parking is provided people will park in the road causing more access issues to all residents of School Road.
11. Our house deeds currently stipulate that we cannot put a fence and gate up at the front of our property, that we have to maintain an open feel. Should the site go ahead we would require that covenant to be revoked so that we can put a close boarded fence up with gate to maintain our privacy and prevent people using our driveway as a turnaround point.