Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5452
Received: 18/10/2017
Respondent: MS Alison Abraham
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The A5 and adjacent road infrastructure is not currently adequate for any further traffic.
700,000 sq mtrs is far too much and seems to be very convenient as it happens to be the total of the outstanding applications.
DHL plan has already been approved.
Magna Park is not on a rail head like Dirft - also being expanded and is also going to impact the A5
Not that many unemployed in the area so more commuters on the road.
I really object to this expansion of Magna Pak. It really is big enough as it is and there are already spare unrented units so why do we need more of them? A 100,000 sq mt unit (DHL) has already been agreed. We soon will have an over expansion of warehousing in the area with the development of Crick (Dirft development). That has a rail link which I thought was more the way it was going not non rail linked development?
There is not a shortage of work in the area and a lot of current workers are not local and commute.
The A5 does not cope currently in rush hour, particularly when there are issues on the M6 and M1. More development will mean more HGV's and commuter traffic - both on the A5 and local village roads in the area - most villages around are already used as a "rat-run".
It will take away more farm land currently used for walking and ruin protected areas such as Bittesby village.
No plans seem to be in place to help walkers cross the A5.