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Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 6015

Received: 01/11/2017

Respondent: Mrs Maggie Pankhurst

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Not sustainable because of the poor highway infrastructure and lack of local labour pool.

Full text:

Magna Park is not a sustainable location for BE2:2.
The A5 is recognised as inadequate for current traffic conditions and there is little likelihood of it being upgraded by 2013 (Midlands Connect Strategy 2017-2031). Doubling the size of MP alongside other developments along the A5 will lead to constant traffic jams (wasting time and money), more pollution and accidents. Building on a rail-head would partly resolve this issue.

Local villages are already used as rat runs and will be made worse by further expansion - more pollution, delays, noise and accidents.

The sustainability of even the current MP must be in question because of the current lack of suitably skilled employees. With the low unemployment levels in the district and surrounding area and the advent of BREXIT the sustainability of adding another 10,000 jobs must be called into question.