Object

Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 6606

Received: 03/11/2017

Respondent: Mr & Mrs M Banks

Number of people: 2

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

We attended MH exhibition but despite detailed layouts for more saturation housing, which clearly we don't need, nothing mentioned about improving infrastructure and surrounding roads. Such development is not sustainable. The town can barely cope now, without thousands more cars in the area with nowhere to park. People will shop elsewhere as a result and stores will close.
We urge that no more houses are built in the town and surrounding villages until some sanity is brought to the planning process and developers really contribute to improving surrounding roads and infrastructure etc and the council find a new parking site.

Full text:

Not having ready access to a computer at present, we feel we must commit to print our objections to the proposed Local Plan.
We attended the presentation at The Three Swans but despite detailed layouts for more saturation housing which clearly we don't need, nothing was mentioned about improving the infrastructure and surrounding roads. Our enquiries were then fobbed off as the Highways people think it is sustainable - Rubbish, we can barely cope, without thousands more cars in the area with nowhere to park. If we can't get into town to shop then a lot of stores will surely close, as people shop elsewhere.
We urge that no more houses are built in the town and surrounding villages until some sanity is brought to the planning process and developers really contribute to improving surrounding roads and infrastructure etc and the council find a new parking site.