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Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5383
Received: 26/10/2017
Respondent: Market Harborough Civic Society
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Unrealistic to expect Market Harborough to accommodate a further 1140 dwellings by 2031. The Town already has to accommodate 2000 new dwellings but the residents have not been able to monitor the impact. No guarantee infrastructure can be provided. Competition between major sites could delay house building and provision of local centres.
If the Council requires more land they should look at sites which adjoin Airfield Farm, a development of 1400 dwellings, and benefit from the local facilities to be provided.
Unrealistic to expect Market Harborough to accommodate a further 1140 dwellings by 2031. The Town already has to accommodate 2000 new dwellings but the residents have not been able to monitor the impact. No guarantee infrastructure can be provided. Competition between major sites could delay house building and provision of local centres..
If the Council requires more land they should look at sites which adjoin Airfield Farm, a development of 1400 dwellings, and benefit from the local facilities to be provided.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5982
Received: 01/11/2017
Respondent: Mrs N Stanley
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? Yes
Duty to co-operate? Yes
With the commitment of 1500 houses already on the Airfield Farm site, another 1140 in Market Harborough itself will overpower the town with infrastructure such as roads becoming unsustainable. Areas such as the roundabout at Aldi/Lidl is gridlocked and it can take a lot of time to travel through the town. The town doesn't have the capacity to increase road space and due to the location of these sites residents will be reliant on cars. The Airfield Farm site will end up linking with Alvington Way to avoid the town, increasing traffic on this road.
With the commitment of 1500 houses already on the Airfield Farm site, another 1140 in Market Harborough itself will overpower the town with infrastructure such as roads becoming unsustainable. Areas such as the roundabout at Aldi/Lidl is gridlocked at and it can take a lot of time to travel through the town. The town doesn't have the capacity to increase road space and due to the location of these sites residents will be reliant on cars. The Airfield Farm site will end up linking with Alvington Way to avoid the town, increasing traffic on this road.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 6003
Received: 01/11/2017
Respondent: Market Harborough & the Bowdens Charity
Agent: Godfrey-Payton
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
For reasons set out in separate representations, there is a short term need for additional housing allocations, consequently further consideration should be given to making allocations for housing on two sites owned by my clients. Such an allocation would help to meet the inevitable short term shortfall in housing release whilst also benefitting the wider community via the work of the land owning charity.
1. Approximately 0.33ha of land at the head of Stevens Street.
2. Paddock land extending to 1.33ha immediately to the north of the proposed Airfield Farm access bridge off Leicester Road.
For reasons set out in separate representations, there is a short term need for additional housing allocations, consequently further consideration should be given to making allocations for housing on two sites owned by my clients. Such an allocation would help to meet the inevitable short term shortfall in housing release whilst also benefitting the wider community via the work of the land owning charity.
1. Approximately 0.33ha of land at the head of Stevens Street.
2. Paddock land extending to 1.33ha immediately to the north of the proposed Airfield Farm access bridge off Leicester Road.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 6005
Received: 01/11/2017
Respondent: Market Harborough & the Bowdens Charity
Agent: Godfrey-Payton
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The draft plan is defective in that it does not address the future pattern of land use and development of the very prominent and strategically important lands at the town's main northern gateway. This is all that loop of land to the east of the Grand Union Canal , and west of the Leicester Road.
Clearly there is potential to coordinate a pattern of uses on these mainly Brownfield lands that enhance the entrance to the town and at the same time results in all the land being put to high value beneficial uses.
The draft plan is defective in that it does not address the future pattern of land use and development of the very prominent and strategically important lands at the town's main northern gateway. This is all that loop of land to the east of the Grand Union Canal , and west of the Leicester Road.
Clearly there is potential to coordinate a pattern of uses on these mainly Brownfield lands that enhance the entrance to the town and at the same time results in all the land being put to high value beneficial uses.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 6047
Received: 01/11/2017
Respondent: Messrs Bufton
Agent: Godfrey-Payton
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
For reasons set out in separate representations, there is a short term need for additional housing allocations, consequently further consideration should be given to making an allocation for housing on land owned by my client at Leicester Lane, Great Bowden. The land in question extends to approximately 1ha, is "brownfield" being in use at present as a commercial sawmill, and is situated between the existing developed edge of the village and the recently consented Gladman site immediately to the west.
My client is on the point of entering into an agreement with a national developer.
For reasons set out in separate representations, there is a short term need for additional housing allocations, consequently further consideration should be given to making an allocation for housing on land owned by my client at Leicester Lane, Great Bowden. The land in question extends to approximately 1ha, is "brownfield" being in use at present as a commercial sawmill, and is situated between the existing developed edge of the village and the recently consented Gladman site immediately to the west.
My client is on the point of entering into an agreement with a national developer.
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
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.
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.