I wish to strongly object to the proposed 700,000 sq mts of warehousing for the following reasons:-

I believe the development is based purely on opportunity and not on strategic planning.
There are already empty warehouses at the current Magna Park site with key companies having recently moved out.
There are huge warehousing sites already being developed at Rugby. I do not believe there is a true balance of need for extending Magna Park to the proposed 700,000 sq mts especially when the Government are supposed to be promoting rail links - Magna Park does not have a rail link!

We do not have an unemployment problem in the area & therefore we do not need the proposed jobs plus it will not deliver any employment benefit to Harborough residents as outlined in Key Issue 3 e.g. greater breadth of employment alternatives, increased wage rates, opportunities for
higher skilled residents. The jobs will be low paid and mainly unskilled.

I find it shocking that the highways believe that there will be no increase to traffic on A5 & that it is sustainable. The inadequacy of the A5 has been recognised in the Midlands Connect Strategy 2017-2030. I travel that road daily and I have found in the last couple of years it has become more and more congested. It is a frightening road to cross over and there has been many accidents and fatalities - why would anyone wish to increase the amount of traffic and put more lives in danger?

The proposed development is not for the benefit of the people who live around the area but it is for the benefit of the developers and Harborough District Council - the fact that it is rumoured that it is a 'done deal' even before any consultation has taken place just rings of opportunism & not planning strategy.