Object

Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 7484

Received: 10/11/2017

Respondent: Mr Richard Procter

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

I disapprove of the proposed SDA for the Scraptoft area. The Nature reserve should be kept in its entirety and developed for use by the general public. The golf club should remain as a green area. The Scraptoft area including Bushby and Thurnby has seen its fair share of recent housing development. The new housing being built on Beeby Road will create hundreds of more cars and how will they get to the A47 other than by Church Lane and the mini roundabout at the the tip of Scraptoft Lane which is already inadequate?

Full text:

Can I register my disapproval of the proposed SDA for the Scraptoft area. The Nature reserve should be kept in its entirety and developed for use by the general public - ie: walkways and seating. As regards the golf club then again it would be nice to see that it remains as a green area. Do you not feel that the Scraptoft area including Bushby and Thurnby has seen its fair share of recent housing development? And what of the infrastructure for these new developments - schools, roads, medical facilities, shops and social amenities? The new housing being built on Beeby Road will create hundreds of more cars and how will they get to the A47 other than by Church Lane and the mini roundabout at the the tip of Scraptoft Lane which is already inadequate? Has the impact of the proposed SDA really being thought through? Finally, do you honestly feel that the concerns of the local residents will make a blind bit of difference residents as to whether the proposed plans are accepted or not? Are you not just going through a box ticking exercise so say that local residents have been consulted and regardless of their views the development will go ahead anyway? Sorry to sound rather cynical but in my experience housing development seems to take preference over everything.