Such a development is out of proportion in relation to the number of
properties in the village and will mean an increase of around 30% which is unacceptable and unsustainable. Also it will completely alter the character of what is a beautiful village to the detriment.
The proposed development is outside the development boundary for the village, which 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.Also a roundabout is totally out of character for the village and this plus the housing development will ruin the approach into the village.
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.NHS England have actually stated that they are currently unable to meet the extra demand that will be placed on local doctors by this proposed development.
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 funding was available back in 2014.If Poringland Primary is struggling with pupil numbers, build an additional school there as this village has already been completely ruined by over development.
The negative effect on wildlife will be unacceptable as we are already
losing wildlife variety and an astounding rate.The presence of Great Crested Newts alone should be reason enough to stop this development going ahead.

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.