Object

New, Revised and Small Sites

Representation ID: 18371

Received: 10/12/2018

Respondent: Mr Iain Slade

Representation Summary:

This kind of speculative development is the blight of many communities and should be stopped. This is a rural village and we would like it to stay that way. Whilst I don't mind the village evolving over time with one or two house built here and there this kind of development will destroy the village.

If this or other large developments are accepted then the village will disappear as this and other developers will just keep on adding to it.

Full text:

I object to this development.

This kind of speculative development is the blight of many communities and should be stopped. This is a rural village and we would like it to stay that way. Whilst I don't mind the village evolving over time with one or two house built here and there this kind of development will destroy the village. I give more details below.

Such a development is out of proportion in relation to the number of properties in the village
It is outside the development boundary for the village, This will set a precedence for further development ensuring the destruction of the village and it's rural nature and feel.
There is no requirement for the village of Brooke to take on this number of houses as I believe we have met our quota and gone beyond the required amount.
The addition of a roundabout to ease access to and from the development will encourage the development of the other fields surrounding the roundabout.
The increase in traffic will increase pollution (given that more vehicles will be on the road) and all the vehicles on the main road will have to slow down and accelerate again after the roundabout therefore significantly increasing pollution.
There are insufficient services in the local area to support the number of people that may be expected to reside in said properties. Doctors appointments in my local surgery(Poringland) are 3 weeks from the date of booking and a simple blood test is 10 days! This, while they are still building many more houses there, many completed ones are unsold. That will only make matters worse.
The area is completely waterlogged for at least 6 months of the year and adding more concrete and less natural drainage will exacerbate the issue. See the site just north of Poringland that is flooded with just a small amount of rain.
There is no requirement for a new primary school. The current one is not fully occupied and is rated as good by OFSTED. If there was a need then you would have built one when you had the funding back in 2014.
The negative effect on wildlife will be unacceptable as we are already losing wildlife variety and an astounding rate.